Has Network Rendering been added to the 4 RC1 release? How about the 20GPU limit being lifted?

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John

looking for layer mask alternatives due to render times.

interested in a workflow for exporting 10 to 20 mattes per scene using the layer color ID, but I'm having some halo issues when trying to select by color range in photoshop

any tips for getting a clean selection (such as when using layer ...

Hi there folks,

I have this interior render with area lights as well as mesh blackbody emission. The mesh lights work fine but maybe that's just because they are close up. The back of the image is horrible and I haven't even turned the glass on. Any help on my settings would be appreciated.

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The image is super high res and IMp. is checked by default. Any other suggestions? Any suggestions for a test HDR to see if it's the image I'm using?

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John

Hi there,

When lighting with HDR, sun and some area lights in my scene the HDR seems to add a LOT of noise to the image. Is there a way to clean this up or increase samples for the HDRI? My max samples kernel rate is super high already. tested at 4000, 8000, 10000 and still noise.

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John

Thanks bepeg4d. Was this a common complaint and something you fixed in this new release?

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John

Hi there in regards to slave crashing, I'm rendering an animation and if one of the slaves crashes then the whole animation hangs. Is there a timeout option so this doesn't happen. It would be nice to be able to leave the rendering overnight and come back without a worry.
Please let me know.

I'm ...

Hi there in regards to slave crashing, I'm rendering an animation and if one of the slaves crashes then the whole animation hangs. Is there a timeout option so this doesn't happen. It would be nice to be able to leave the rendering overnight and come back without a worry.
Please let me know.

I'm ...

I can't seem to get a mesh plane casting light using a blackbody emission material and have the plane be invisible while still casting light. Can someone please help with this?

Thanks

John