[subspark]

I'm trying to render this character for a goverment funding project. Some materials are grainier than others and it's been baking for over two hours. I have a Dual Xeon 2.8 (HT) yet I left the threads on zero. Should I set them to four?

Sampling level: 25
XP 32bit
2 Gig RAM

Is there any other way to speed up this damn render and smooth out the noise. I must have two of these done by monday morning!

Cheers.

[4 HeRo]

Yes bang the number of threads up, this should help.

It looks as if you are using physical sky, try using Skydome or
a studio setup with emitter, this will render much much quicker

Hope this is helpfully to you.


Cheers

John

[Frances]

Are you using an HDRI image for lighting? I've heard that they can cause excessive noise if they aren't the right kind. I don't use HDRI's so I don't know exactly how it works. You'll have to do a search.

Or what John said.

[subspark]

well it seems the shiny materials that have the coating layer are remaining grainy.

The scene units is in cm and the character is 180cm tall. Could someone set up a studio lighting scene for me so I can put my character in and render?

Would be most appreciated. I simply don't have enough time or the experience to set up an ideal lighting rig. They want strong light illuminating the character from the front like in a dramatic portrait. A few reflections and backlighting is also required. With skylight turned on instead of physical sky I have everything but the shiny light coming from the front.

I wanted to set up a plane with a bright MXI/HDR emitter material for the front light. I haven't suceeded.

[Frances]

well it seems the shiny materials that have the coating layer are remaining grainy.

The scene units is in cm and the character is 180cm tall. Could someone set up a studio lighting scene for me so I can put my character in and render?

Would be most appreciated. I simply don't have enough time or the experience to set up an ideal lighting rig. They want strong light illuminating the character from the front like in a dramatic portrait. A few reflections and backlighting is also required. With skylight turned on instead of physical sky I have everything but the shiny light coming from the front.

There are several threads where people have posted lighting and studio setups. Do a search.

[subspark]

FYI I have about 9 times. Nothing specific turns up. Certainly no max files. My time is running out so I have done a small studio setup myself. It's still grainy as hell, overly so.

No skylight, no physical sky, just a box emitter and a sphere. I'm starting to wonder whether a maxwell render was worth it at all. This has gone ass end up. Im screwed and I'll have to render him flat grey with mental ray. F@!K And I haven't slept in 33 hours.

[Frances]

http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2470

The link was in the Tutorial section.

And get rid of the freaking coating layers if they're causing grain.