I Just Wanted to Post an Image Thread

[Miss B]

Fantastic. I'm afraid to ask, but how long did it take to render?

 

[Stezza]

Fantastic. I'm afraid to ask, but how long did it take to render?

it took a while

maybe a minute and half or at a stretch 2 minutes

 

[Miss B]

That's all??? Or are you kidding me?

 

[Stezza]

That's all??? Or are you kidding me?

that's it .. I didn't save the scene so I can't check the details for render time ect.. but no more than 2 minutes for sure

I just did this one... took about 10 seconds to render

 

[Miss B]

Your characters, I assume, are low poly, which is why they don't take long to render. High poly characters, like Dawn and Dusk take longer.

 

[Stezza]

I used M4 in the street render and LoRenzo in the above render.

Your characters, I assume, are low poly, which is why they don't take long to render. High poly characters, like Dawn and Dusk take longer.

 

[Miss B]

Ahhh, OK, that makes sense, as LoRenzo is low poly.

 

[Ken1171]

I think there are other things that affect render time way more significantly than poly count. For example, the number of lights, and the kinds of materials, like transparency, translucency, and SSS.

 

[Miss B]

Very true, especially the number and type of lights. I'm sure transparency, translucency and SSS will bog down a render time as well. I know a closeup with the Face Camera of a character with a lot of hair, takes longer than a full body render with the Main Camera, because then the hair is farther away from the camera being used, so the transparency isn't as large an issue as it is with the Face Camera.

 

[Ken1171]

Very true, especially the number and type of lights. I'm sure transparency, translucency and SSS will bog down a render time as well. I know a closeup with the Face Camera of a character with a lot of hair, takes longer than a full body render with the Main Camera, because then the hair is farther away from the camera being used, so the transparency isn't as large an issue as it is with the Face Camera.

In my render from last night (finally did one), I was going to make a portrait, but with the big hairstyle dominating the frame, even the almighty RTX 3090 with OptiX renderer has choked on it. Poly count doesn't matter as much as these other factors.

 

[Stezza]

a sample of what lighting I use in a basic scene in Carrara.. I didn't count them as there are too many

can safely say there's more than 50 though

 

[Stezza]

a wacky plumber's christmas tree

you can get it from over yonder in the wacky modelling thread if you so desire

 

[Miss B]

a sample of what lighting I use in a basic scene in Carrara.. I didn't count them as there are too many

can safely say there's more than 50 though

I don't know about DS, as I haven't used it for years, but Poser only allows 6 lights, so needing more would probably mean compositing the scene in 2D software after all the renders are done.

There may be other ways to do it in Poser, but 50 lights is definitely a no-go.

 

[Hornet3d]

I don't know about DS, as I haven't used it for years, but Poser only allows 6 lights, so needing more would probably mean compositing the scene in 2D software after all the renders are done.

There may be other ways to do it in Poser, but 50 lights is definitely a no-go.

I didn't think there was a limit to the number of lights Poser will render but there is a limit to the number it will display in preview at any one time. Certainly if you select a light you you can sometimes unexpectedly see lights appearing to be switched off this is because Poser has to ignore one light in order to display the light you have selected.

 

[Hornet3d]

Sorry this intrigued me so I went looking for information. From the Poser manual - You can use as many lights as you need in your scene, with the only limitation being your system’s resources. Poser improves the OpenGL preview of lights in your scenes. It automatically selects the eight brightest lights to display in the real-time OpenGL preview. You can also manually select which eight lights to preview in the Light Properties palette.

 

[Miss B]

Ohhh, so it's 8 lights, and the limitation is in Preview mode. Good to know.

 

[Hornet3d]

Ohhh, so it's 8 lights, and the limitation is in Preview mode. Good to know.

I think in the past it may have been a six light restriction on preview as that is what I understood and I think I am also right in saying it is something outside Poser that is the limiting factor. I did not know what limitation there was on lights as far as render was concerned but I do know I have a number of scenes I have purchased that has masses of lights which is what intrigued me.

 

[JOdel]

After listening to Hermione, Harry seeks out Anthony Goldstein who is a member of Parselmouth to ask him what their opera is based on.

Not wanting to be alone with Potter if he decides to throw a fit at hearing something he doesn't like, Anthony takes him off to a local coffee shop. Harry hears a great deal that he doesn't like.

 

[parkdalegardener]

I think in the past it may have been a six light restriction on preview as that is what I understood and I think I am also right in saying it is something outside Poser that is the limiting factor. I did not know what limitation there was on lights as far as render was concerned but I do know I have a number of scenes I have purchased that has masses of lights which is what intrigued me.

It's the result of OpenGL. Poser will calculate all lights in a scene when rendering, but OpenGL itself has a hard coded limit of 8 when it comes to displaying them. The type of light does not matter.

 

[Hornet3d]

It's the result of OpenGL. Poser will calculate all lights in a scene when rendering, but OpenGL itself has a hard coded limit of 8 when it comes to displaying them. The type of light does not matter.

Thank you for the information, I must have read that somewhere at some point but then quickly forgot, rather then a memory I just had this idea that the limit was not a Poser issue.