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An Important Question For All of You
🕑 Added 2017-05-27 11:38:43 +0000 UTC In my last post I mentioned that I will need to disable motion blur if I wanted to get the animation rendered in a reasonable amount of time. This is because I render motion blur by rendering the image three times, and then those three images are blended together to make a single frame. This also lets me cheat fake soft shadows by using hard shadows but "spinning" the lightsource in a tight circle. This means the shadows will be offset a bit in each of the three images that then get blended to give pseudo soft shadows. A whole lot of cheating going on here. :)Anyway.. There is a tool I have had my eye on for many moons called "RSMB" or "Reelsmart Motion Blur" that applies motion blur as a post-process effect. The blur can be derived by having the tool analyze the changes between frames and "auto" blurring. It also has a more accurate method that uses a 2nd render pass. This render pass renders very quickly, but it contains vector information that tells RSMB where and how to blur.
So what is the point? Well if I only need to render the animation at full quality once and then apply RSMB, I can use true soft shadows which do look better and take less time than 3 passes with hard shadows.
In the current scene Naomi takes over 8 minutes to render 3 passes with sharp shadows.
If I used RSMB I could probably change the lights to soft lights and render a single pass in half that time.
3-pass faked MoBlur with blended sharp shadows: ~16 days
Single pass Sharp shadows with no mo-blur: ~6 days.
Single pass with true soft shadows and RSMB: Possibly 10 days
It was my original intent to survive on the money I make on the 1st to eat for 2 months while I continue to get caught up on the animations. RSMB is around $190. There is no way I could afford to get it.
But.. If I skip the plan next month and resume charges every-other month after that, I could afford to get RSMB, boost the render quality and reduce render times.
What do you think? Would you support me doing that? If me getting caught up is more important to you then I completely understand and will take what I make on the 1st and live off of that for two months as I get more work done.
Let me know what you would like me to do. Thanks!!!!!
Comments
CGMan
Thanks much! Most everyone says to get it. So that is what I will do.
Zander
Ah well I support you in getting the software you need
CGMan
It's always been just a single character. Drawing commissions are an option, but if I am drawing I am not getting animations done for you all. :) Anyway I just wanted to know if you would prefer I get RSMB for faster rendering and a boost in graphics fidelity, or would you prefer I live off of this money for two months so I can get caught up faster.
Zander
Goodness sorry to hear that. Im not tech savy so i'd say go with what you think works best for you and your health. Also, not sure if this helps, but you can maybe open drawing commissions to help you out with food. You can put limits on them like 1 character only. I wouldn't mind getting one. Sorry if i wasn't much help^^;
CGMan
I hear ya.. But blurring on games that run at 60 frames or more per second is different than video that runs at 30 fps. It yeilds a more cinematic feel and reduces the feel of stutter between frames (making it look like the fps is higher than it really is).
Pixelpapst
I hate blurring. It's a no go on games and other software (for me). Maybe I just haven't seen a good bluring. But most of them have such a big unatural impact that it just looks unreal. What I prefer is bluring affected by the depth of field. So that you can focus e. g. on the gun which you are currently aiming with.
CGMan
Okay cool... I will wait to hear from more of you.
CJoe
I'll support your plan to get this piece of software.
