Long Cinema 4D render time

[Anonymous]

I did this render with C4D default radiosity and 10% sharpening.. Can't figure why it took 37+ hours!.. All non-essentials were turned off in AC prior to 3ds export.. The plants are low polygon VB+Visual bits...

Object Info:
Points: 172,862
Polygons: 140,654
Objects: 88

Rendered in Picture Window, 640x480 NTSC

My equipment is not exactly low end

[Anonymous]

Rashid

in render settings > radiosity:

change diffuse depth to 1 (for internal scenes 2 or possibly 3 might be needed)

reduce accuracy to around 55% (i find that a high setting can actually reduce the quality of the render, particularly with interiors). increase if necessary

reduce the pre-pass size to 1/4 or less

use 'render region' on a small part of the scene to check for quality/artifacts before running a final render (if you're getting artifacts on surfaces increase 'min samples', for artifacts at internal corners increase 'max samples')

hth

bill

and make a procedural material for the grass. obviously tiled surfaces really let down any render

[Anonymous]

Bill,

Thanks... 21 Minutes! Quality looks the same to me. The smaller prepass an "is that what that does?" time saver.

You saved me a day and since time is money where do I send the check? Trial and error would have taken a lot longer.. Starting with low settings and increasing to the point of diminishing returns seems to be best when it comes to rendering.

Fixed the grass too.. procedural??