I have huge problems getting used to, and getting to like CineRender instead of LightWorks. I have recently started to use AC 20 and I just can’t make this rendering function work. Before, while working on a model I used to take test pictures in LightWorks sometimes once a minute, it went fast and smoothly, even when choosing Realistic Sun. (pictures approximately 600-1000 pixels size) The same thing I just can’t get to work in CineRender.
1. Even if I choose the simplest, fastest possible scene it takes ages to get a picture, compared to LightWorks. My computer starts ”hyperventilating”, even with small - low resolution renderings where I absolutely don’t have any ambition of making a large printable photo, just a test to see how shadows, materials, textures look, if there is anything to adjust. I need these test frames frequently during work and I just don’t think I should have to stop and wait several minutes for every test rendering. There is no flow in work any more.
2. Every single test frame I have made I must close manually, after being forced to answer the question ”do you want to save…” in a separate dialogue box for each and every frame. It is driving me crazy, takes for ever, when I sometimes have 10+ test frames open. Before, with LightWorks you could cut it short by closing the 3D window when all rendering frames disappeared automatically, then you could open 3D again and continue working. Is there any shortcut in CineRender that I have missed?
3. As I managed to make it work now, even though I take a rendering photo in a fraction of the screen size, it comes with the picture itself plus a grey field covering the whole screen. Before with LightWorks you hade a separate window that you could move around, I found it a lot more user friendly.
4. Materials - textures / surfaces, as it is called these days. I really appreciate all the 1000+ settings for 1000+ different features for all the 1000+ materials in CineRender, but for me to be honest, it is overkill - and it is an understatement. These functions would satisfy a professional animation expert, but for me as an architect it is way over what I need and expect. I have now spent several weeks trying to re-create my previous LightWorks library of custom textures, without practically any result, because I keep getting lost in the jungle of alternatives which don’t have any resemblance to LightWorks system so all the work I invested in learning LW, and creating over a 100 textures from scratch, based on my own photos etc, is now worthless. Practically I pay this high fee (has even recently been raised quite a bit) that now has just a fraction of its usability and I am seriously considering to quit my subscription. But then I thought, everybody seems to be so overwhelmed and happy with CineRender, maybe there is something I have missed, so if there is someone who can help me find out what it is, I would be very grateful.
I have searched this forum thoroughly and nobody seems to have the same problem, so it must be me who does something wrong, please help me to find what...
