Someone depress me, please....
Hey everyone,
I recently got interested in rendering animations when I downloaded a trial version of the Bryce5 graphics software. I have just rendered a 20 second movie of a futuristic landscape, and it looks fantastic. Trouble is, it took THIRTY hours to render.
Here are the details:
image format: Cinemascope
image dimensions: 800 x 300
polygons: approx 60,000
colors: 16.7 million
fps: 24
antialiasing: on
image definition: good (superfine is best)
Can anyone with a superfast system tell me how long a similar render would take them? I'm especially interested in figures for the Dual 1Ghz and the new iMac.
Thanks......I think!
I recently got interested in rendering animations when I downloaded a trial version of the Bryce5 graphics software. I have just rendered a 20 second movie of a futuristic landscape, and it looks fantastic. Trouble is, it took THIRTY hours to render.
Here are the details:
image format: Cinemascope
image dimensions: 800 x 300
polygons: approx 60,000
colors: 16.7 million
fps: 24
antialiasing: on
image definition: good (superfine is best)
Can anyone with a superfast system tell me how long a similar render would take them? I'm especially interested in figures for the Dual 1Ghz and the new iMac.
Thanks......I think!
Comments
A simple cube, sphere rendering at 800x600 still takes around 20-30 second to render vs like 2 or 3 seconds on other 3D apps.
Also Bryce is NOT MP aware. So a Dual Ghz G4 is basically uselss.
My advice. Use other 3D apps.
Oh yeah, and Bryce sux0rs.
So, given that Bryce is an inefficient renderer and that I only do this for a bit of fun, is there an affordable package that I could get instead that you recommend?
I forgot to mention that I'm doing this on a 333Mhz G3 PowerBook for the moment.
Maya PLE (Personal Learning Edition) is FREE, but there are watermarks everywhere...
Blender would have been a choice, but it is now defunct...
Strata has a low cost (do they still have a free version) version of their stuff...
Hash Animation Master is a lower cost program, and I have seen some nice stuff done with that...
I am sure I have missed some, your milage may vary...
Cheers!
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A good general 3D app is always a good companion to Bryce however.
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It is compatable with OSX.