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[Fletch]

Cool tut but it's external to Twilight

hence the title "Post Production Secret" ... "Post Production" is common with any professional CG artist/photographer ... with any professional rendering software... even if it's a simple tonal adjustment.

[Frederik]

Here's an update, where I've made some adjustments to the model and let it cook a little longer...
Credits for the grass goes to Fletch...

[dspace]

It's a beauty!

[Frederik]

Cheers, dspace...

[olishea]

this nearly looks like a photo!! but please please please cook it all the way! its begging for it!

[Frederik]

Cheers, Oli...

...but please please please cook it all the way! its begging for it!

But it already cooked 420 passes...

[olishea]

more I say more!! the noise in the porch troubles me!! sorry i know you spent long time doing PP etc just ignore me.

how long did it take to cook 420? I'm doing a similar exterior scene at moment and I'm concerned how long it'll take and whether to go unbiased or not.

[Frederik]

more I say more!! the noise in the porch troubles me!! sorry i know you spent long time doing PP etc just ignore me.

I see what you mean - but it really doesn't disturb my eye that much...
Any way... I don't have time at the moment to visit this one, but perhaps another time...
The PP can be done in minutes, just by changing the layer...

how long did it take to cook 420?

First of all, I used KT preset no. 17 - Path Tracing Progressive
(similar to TWR preset Tech > 3) Progressive > 01. Path Tracing - Progressive)
The 420 passes took app. 12 hours on an old single-core computer...

I was actually OK with the time it took to render, cause you need to remember that the scene contain two high-poly Xfrog trees...

[olishea]

I understand. so what advantage is there of using this preset as opposed to twi exterior progressive for example?

[Fletch]

they are the identical setting.
one is perhaps less clicks away (if you normally have the "easy" settings expanded) and named something you can understand.
try "Animation Low+" preset on exteriors - it's quality may surprise you!