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Title: Rendering Time for the Preview Movie?>
Post by: note235 on September 09, 2007, 12:54:22 AM
Anyone know the rendering time for the Earth TG2 preview movie?
Thanks
Title: Re: Rendering Time for the Preview Movie?>
Post by: old_blaggard on September 09, 2007, 01:06:09 AM
Which one is that, then?
Title: Re: Rendering Time for the Preview Movie?>
Post by: Sethren on September 09, 2007, 02:11:43 AM
Are you thinking of the one that Karsten Keppel and Matt Fairclough had done with version 1.6.02.2?

http://www.kk3d.de/
Title: Re: Rendering Time for the Preview Movie?>
Post by: note235 on September 09, 2007, 10:08:40 AM
yes
Title: Re: Rendering Time for the Preview Movie?>
Post by: Oshyan on September 10, 2007, 12:37:35 AM
Only Karsten would probably know the render time and he doesn't really frequent this forum. But it was done a long time ago with a much older version so many things would have changed by now anyway, especially render time.

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Rendering Time for the Preview Movie?>
Post by: note235 on October 01, 2007, 09:22:28 AM
hmm, could you now achieve better quality ?
thanks
Title: Re: Rendering Time for the Preview Movie?>
Post by: Oshyan on October 01, 2007, 10:18:37 PM
Yes. At the time he probably could have achieved better quality with higher render time (that's usually the case), but it would probably be more consistent (as far as displacement, etc.) now. Once the renderer overhaul is complete it would probably be faster too.

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Rendering Time for the Preview Movie?>
Post by: Cyber-Angel on October 01, 2007, 10:47:34 PM
Talking of the renderer overhaul is it planned to include garbage collection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_(computer_science) and code scavenging for memory optimization at some point before final release or at some point there after development and other issues not withstanding, naturally.

Regards to you.

Cyber-Angel 

Title: Re: Rendering Time for the Preview Movie?>
Post by: Oshyan on October 01, 2007, 10:50:17 PM
Memory use will be optimized as much as time allows. Discussion of specific techniques is largely irrelevant here.

- Oshyan