Hi You could increase the verbose of Mental Ray, then MR prints out the render time per frame. But if you compare render time, I would recommend to render one image. Perhaps a lot of samples. The "same" scene could be a problem. If you apply default Maya illumination or light shaders, then you get a complex MRay shader that mimics all features of the Maya shader. They are slower than the SI MRay shaders. That's why it often speeds up your scene if you e.g. apply a simple MRay Light shader to the light in Maya. For a 100 frame render, you might be able to use a python script that starts a batch render render and waits until it is done. Holger Schönberger technical director The day has 24 hours, if that does not suffice, I will take the night
_____ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Pierre Schiller Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 4:30 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: OT: Benchmarking Maya´s performance at render time. MentalRay benchmarks between SI Hello everyone. A good friend of mine told me "Maya doesn´t preview (show) the render whenever you´re batch rendering, since it takes up resources". For me that´s valid on really heavy scenes (we all agree, we just want that render done without eating up graphic ram for no cause other than a preview render window) BUT, since mental ray has to be downloaded and installed additionally as render engine, AND since Maya (2016) only comes with Maya software or hardware render...basically you have NO OPTION to preview your render right out of the package. That´s a very strange ideology (that you don´t need to preview your render at all), since all other 3d applications DO SHOW your render progress each frame on a previewer window or main render window RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX (or right out of the install). So I come to all of you guys and your expertise, for advice. Is there a way to accurately benchmark performance for a 100 frame render with no special materials other than phong regular shader on MR for maya? (since it doesn´t have a preview render window on batch mode). Also, is there any good app that will help measure the same scene (1-100 frames) phong material on softimage? I´d like to write a complete tech review about that "render window eats up resources" statement. Because, we all like facts, don´t we ? :D Let the debate on windows 7 and benchmark renders on mental ray betweek SI and MA, begin Cheers. -- <http://be.net/3dcinetv> Portfolio 2013 Cinema & TV production Video <https://vimeo.com/3dcinetv/reel2012> Reel
