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Spent alot of time tweaking things: I'm using the automatic mode for Final Gathering (softimage 2010)...Scene File (current) forum thread

Render Options

• Number of rays, points
• played with sampling contrast a bit
• changed the maximum sample normal deviation
• started to freeze the map, render then render faster
• picked up (on xsibase_user"maxsi77") Kobayashi's addon for Physical Sun/Sky with Photo Exposure
• started rendering at a much lower Anti-Aliasing
• Played with Sample Filtering (Framebuffer tab) Gauss/Mitchell _back to Triangle, Filter Size 1-4
• Shadows, currently segmented

Physical Sun/Sky/Photographic Exposure

• Adjusted the multiplier value (drastically different values, with Kobayashi's Addon {.01-1})
• Thinking that at some point I should add some "Haze"
• Have to bump up the samples for the light. Should get a crisper image.

Portal Lights

• Three Light Boxes
• Visibility on (was getting an error that the lights had to be VISIBLE)
• Added an exponential falloff to the Portal light
• bumped samples up to 5,5 (area tab)
• Shadows on umbra 0
  

using the mia architectural shaders for the room -standard grey-subtle blue for the windows

• Indirect Illumination Tab__ adjusted repeatedly the Radiance, Ray Multiplier, and Additional Multiplier settings.

Last Render done::



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A typical session

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