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Whazizname
Wednesday, 05 March 2008, 03:08 AM

Re: Rendering Shadow Map... hang2
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I reloaded the pz3, and looked at the render settings; there is nothing there that I would consider extreme. (See image)

I also re- rendered the scene using the saved settings, and got the same results... approx. 45 min. to calculkate shadows, approx. 3 hours total render time. 

I have a few opinions about what may be the cause of these long times:

1.) Poser's internal design is indeed "jurassic".
2.) My 1.6 GHz G5 iMac only has 768MB of RAM.
3.) The plants in the scene require more processor power than I imagine.
4.) The "wall" is a 180 degree half tube.
5.) The bedposts are reflecting not only the room around them, but also the spaces between them.
6.) The lights have modified "blur radiuses". Light 1=7, Light 2 & 3=11, Light 4=12. all have "shadow bias" of .800.
7.) The lights are all different colors.


Keep in mind that this image was done by me almost two years ago; and I now tend to use higher quality render settings. I think that I will try using my current preferred settings to see what difference they make in the look, and time of the rendered scene.