Originally Posted by Stupinator
so the light setup took a day to make? I don't quite understand. for someone who's been doing 3d work for about 6 years, it shouldn't take you over an hour to get a great light setup. try switching apps, get some demos, I'm sure by the time you're done, you'll be ready to switch apps. it shouldn't take someone as skilled as you more than an hour to make a great light setup. better software will allow you to do that, enabling you to focus less on the lights, and more on the details. in the end, isn't it worth it just for that?
I agree with you, it shouldn't take that long, but due to the fact that rendering without Global Illumination on made the whole render come out weird, resulting in me not being able to see if the light setup was gonna work how it was supposed to, it took alot of trial and error with the settings of global illumination, as I said this took about 20 minutes each time, and I had to find very specific settings to get that result :|
I already have c4d, 3d studio max and maya, I used vray for some of my toribash renders from ages ago.
Look what blender is now capable of! Smoke simulation 
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Note: This is a screenshot, so the smoke is indeed real time (a bit slow though).
When volumetric rendering is merged with the official 2.5, some really awesome renders would be possible with this effect.
!!!Note: This is a screenshot, so the smoke is indeed real time (a bit slow though).
When volumetric rendering is merged with the official 2.5, some really awesome renders would be possible with this effect.
