#R3 Rendering
I just received Release 3! Thank you very much for speedy delivery and
again thanks for an amazing program.
I haven't had a chance to really explore the new ground, but already
I'm excited by what I see. The Materials editor looks spectacular!
One question, though. I tried rendering a mesh in R3 and thought it
was slow, especially after the promised 30-40% rendering
inprovements. So I tested the mesh in both R2 and R3. I found that
this mesh, rendered in Phong with no anti-aliasing, took 0:45 seconds
in R2, and 0:52 seconds in R3 with the same rendering settings. Plus,
R3 has an extra 10 second screen redraw that I didn't experience in
R2. Obviously, as you add anti-aliasing and shadows, things slow down
further.
I've tried optimizing my system, rendering at 800×600 with 256
colors, but that only gave me a couple seconds. Any ideas? If you
need more info, let me know.