[Nova66]

I don't know how much this goes against the ethos of Maxwell Render but Pixar have added a Denoiser pass to their physically based render engine in RenderMan 20. Check it out here:
http://renderman.pixar.com/view/renderman20

Much like we currently have the "Simulens" post process effect in Maxwell, it would be great if we could have a post process "Denoiser" effect too.

As they say on the Pixar web page, "Finally the "make pretty" button has arrived!"


Cheers,
Andrew.

[philipchild]

I second that! It seems like it would be a good fit for Maxwell to have such a tool.
Thanks!

[gianca]

This is even better and perhaps more suitable as it is not proprietary to Disney:
http://cvc.ucsb.edu/graphics/Papers/SIGGRAPH2015_LBF/

G

[Hillmeister]

Wow, imagine the impact of such a filter on render times Gianca. The passes needed are already there with Maxwell Render if I'm correct?

+1