Vue Render Times

#1

Hello all,

We are considering using Vue for a project, but I just want to get a steer of what kind of render times you are looking at for Vue rendered scenery. I see lots of pretty pictures on their website (take this http://www.e-onsoftware.com/common/printpict.php?link=/showcase/Pictures/Nature/Cerro-Verde.jpg&width=1600&height=1200 for an example) but what kind of rendertime are you looking at? Minutes? Hours? Days?! Anyone care to share any experiences. I am using a 2.6GHz Xeon machine.

thanks for any advice

#2

I am using Vue 6 and it is slow to render. They say 7 is faster.

#3

Get 3 of these DELLs and VUE 7 and you wil be happy. Very happy.

#4

It really depends on what’s in your scene, what lighting model you use, fractl type used, etc, etc…
This said, Vue won’t render as fast as VRay or C4D’s Advanced render for example.

#5

I’ve upgraded from the 4 to 5 to 6 versions of the d’Esprit version, and each time been disappointed at the lack of render speed improvements - effectively making Vue the least used of my 3D programs. But that’s just me… never had the patience to wait hours for a single frame… Judging from the 7 PLE versiona they have made more improvements from 6 to 7 than in previous versions, but at the same time each new version includes new improvements for visual effects and photorealism, that inherently takes longer to render…

So my personal conclusion is that if you want to make movies with Vue you better have a render farm to do the rendering. But sure, once you have such resources at disposal you can indeed produce some stunning footage of steaming jungles etc…

P.S. The “Cerro Verde” sample scene you refer to in the first post takes 25min on my PC which is a 2.7GHz Q6600(during the whole render Vue’s own estimate is that the remaining time is 4-5min which is clearly worthless…) That is with Vue7 Infinite PLE. For Vue6 the same scene is estimated at 1h 7min, but I didn’t render that one through…

#6

Vue 7 is generally faster than Vue 6, but it really depends on the kind of scene you are working on.

There is an interesting PDF about render settings on the website of Peggy Walters.
Also, this thread has interesting tips for making flicker free renders and optimizing render times.

#7

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