> > > Check the force to screen box in startup options. > > > Arjo > You can also find a shortcut in the Start Menu Realsoft folder.
Ah so ! Nice ! > Use the Diffuse_AO instead of the blurred one. > Now you can disable post image effects as this one renders directly to the > image. > To go further you can lower the Raycount to one in the material properties. > Finally lower the quality of the lightsource, generating the soft shadow. > Then the image renders in one second or so. > The downside is you end up with a non aliased image with some black snow. > While experimenting you have to find a certain balance in speed and quality. OK , thanks for the tips , hope to try them out tonight . > For the final image it's just a personal choise what minimum values one > thinks to be necessary to get an acceptable image. > Arjo. Right . I just thought that this new shader tweak of yours was actually very fast too . Maybe not as fast as the C4D version , but it seemed to fly on my system with your default project once I turned down the AA . Hope to compare some render times with a Gi Post for comparison in the next couple of days . studio
