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The singing man on the MV is you??

Oh come on;) it was just a little rickroll

check this one: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_it_ ... Rickrolled

You've been Rickrolled!

A 'rickroll' is a prank played on an unsuspecting web surfer. To be rickrolled is when browsing a website (especially a discussion forum or comment board), one comes across a link expecting it to lead to one thing, but finds something completely different when the link is clicked.

The name Rick refers to '80s pop singer Rick Astley. The standard rickroll generally involves someone posting a link claiming it leads to something quite interesting (e.g., hot chicks in panties), but actually linking to a video of Mr. Astley singing "Never Gonna Give You Up." This is usually considered a major let-down.

Now that you explained it I find it to be extremely funny.

nic: it's that I really can't wait to see maxwell go gpu (hope soon) and take things to another level again;) I've been following the recent gpu renderers recently but still think it's best to hold on half a year or so before changing our studio workflow. It's always some sort of investment and it's better to see how things develop over time. Recently we run a little experiment on a client and used octane to quick render some images in the paper-model / old photograph fashion. It's a great time saver (15 images together with photoshop retouch in an hour or so) and the client was really pleased. He also wanted us to make a real paper model before that and now seems no to remember that demand any more;)

all best
sorry for the rickroll;)
jedrzej

LiW, can you render interiors with Octane? What would be approx. the render times for a 1600x1200 image?

I made this simple interior test scene in 5 minutes:


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..pretty convincing

Might want to put a screen on that window to keep those fireflies out!

Not bad for 5 minutes render time.

Looks promising!

5 minutes, interior + dof.. not bad at all if you check components I used. 1600x1200 image required about 500MB of memory so you better get
card which has at least 1GT.

*Update* New version required just ~190MB

Octane looks interesting.

Is there a limit to how complex (how many polys, lets say) a scene can be that is determined by the gpu? Or is that a funtion of RAM, or what?

yes, the video ram size is the limit for all gpu renderers. hopefully there will be some bigger cards in the near future. the best offer atm. is a 4gb Tesla for ~$1100.

Just tested same scene with some extra stuff(2 sofas & table). It used memory just 100MB more than the first scene with that one chair.