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New 3 images but at sunlight only (not at artificial light) - HERE

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New 3 screenshots but at [email protected] size only (not any artificial light):

- Box@specular with ior ~1.33 for test - if shadows are smooth or unsmooth
Box for test - if shadow is smooth or unsmooth.jpg


- Unsmooth as bug shadows by caustics at Progressive Photon Mapping ...

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I edited to change number of spp my last post (check above - from "...approximately 1.5M -spp@4320p" to "approximately 750k -spp@4320p") because:
-spp's numbers at same noises level *
12M at 1920x1080
3M at 4k/UHD
750k at 8k/Quad UHD

* - NOTE: Must use EXR image, click Free lastest "GIMP ...

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VRAM size used at PT@32-parallel and @128-tile:
--at 7680x4320
2026.1 - 10.3GB
2025.x - 2.6GB

--at 1920x1080
2026.1 - 2.8GB
2025.x - 2.6GB

Why does new 2026.1 need to use VRAM size for resolution screen? But 2026.1 seems to be "not" faster than 2025.x.

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Hello. Wave Optics... material!?! Oh! I'm sorry. - I edited the message - Fri Nov 28, 2025 9:12 am.

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Hello and happy holidays!!

-Birefringence support?!! 11 years after my request - HERE .... I adore this!!! :D

-New Wave Optics!??!! :o Wow!! Amazing!!!!! :D Material or kernel?
If new kernel is confirmed, then I say: "But... can this new kernel work to render any reflected and refracted light on ...

Hi,
thanks for the new build.

I've tried new displacement and there are few issues:
- there is no old texture displacement
- viewport performance very bad eg. a mesh with displacement renders with 3 fps and without 40fps
- rendering performance is 4 times slower with displacement enabled
- when ...

@roeland or @mojave:

Hello. Can you find the issue at the daylight env.?

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