I'm trying to displace a subdivided cube with FBM, but for some weird reason the center of the cube will not displace. Any idea why this is happening?

Not really. It's more like a super-powered version of the randomize loc/rot/size script.

A lot of you probably already know about this, but I just discovered an awesome script called Big Numbers Toolkit (BNT) that allows you to easily manipulate large numbers of objects. This is just a quick test render that I did with Indigo after completing the tutorial from the PDF documentation. The...

Render time 400+ hours in Indigo 0.9 stable. Noise removal in Paint Shop Pro X trial version. Next time I'd go all MLT and not use hybrid mode...

The CGTalk thread is a bit, um... interesting. link

Ha ha, riiiiiiiiight.

Well, it's been going over 400 hours now. Is it worth waiting for the noise to clear, or should I just call this one done?

Holy cow! :shock: After more than 300 hours of rendering, I was trying to install a Firefox extension and my computer crashed. Before I resumed the render, my speed was this: 5532.14463 samples / second (180.76172 micro-seconds / sample) Now that I have resumed the render, my speed rocketed up to th...

Sweet, I liked it!

Still going...

Display took 33.09743 s
Time elapsed: 243 h, 15 m, 5 s
Done 4844530000.00000 samples (3942.48861 samples per pixel)
5532.14463 samples / second (180.76172 micro-seconds / sample)

Since this is a composite, how did you do the shadows?

Yep, this one has all the bells and whistles: Bi MLT hybrid, ssf3. I think it's going to have to go a few more days at this rate before the noise on the stand clears up.

*Looks at 3 Ghz quad core on newegg*...

*cries*

Holy cow, this render is taking much longer than I ever anticipated...

Display took 39.10084 s
Time elapsed: 145 h, 27 m, 6 s
Done 2873990000.00000 samples (2338.85905 samples per pixel)
5488.62999 samples / second (182.19483 micro-seconds / sample)

and still going...

I would use an EXR for this rather than physical sky, the glass looks too blue.

Oh, I thought you meant put fog in the air. I'll try both once this render resolves satisfactorily. I wonder how many more days it's going to take...