Yes i would like to see a comparison too, between the old code and the new code. :D What i mean is: Render a scene with the old code for a set period of time, lets say 15 minutes. Then render the exact same scene with the new code for the same time, 15 minutes (also on same computer, same image size...

Ok ill redo it with DOF but do you think its best to focus on the center so the side rings (magenta and green) are crisp or to focus on the back rings (red and yellow)? BTW, maybe this thread should be moved to "Work In Progress" instead of "FInished Artwork" lol. I thought i was done but it seems n...

You mean you want me to redo it with excessive DOF?

Ok i finally did a rerender :D It didnt give the effect i wanted, i think i forgot to turn off the physical atmosphere, the image is not as blue as i expected it to be, but i like it alot still :D http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/meta-phil/loopsHDR.jpg Unfortunatly the render was turned off by...

Nevermind i found HDRshop lol a lot simpler. I still need to make the scene file work, it always does an error, but ill find out how...

EDIT: it works now. stupid misplaced capital letter lol

Hm... ive downloaded HDR2EXR but i cant seem to find out how to use it, you see, im a command prompt illiterate (i tried the command prompt since double clicking gave an error ).

Is there some kind of EXR database somewhere, it would be so much more simple

Thanks all! Ill post the rerender if i do it. First day of school tomorrow, but thank god its my last year

can i use .hdr files? because its the only stuff i could find.

lol my very first real Indigo render. Modeled in Blender and rendered in 0.5 Im very impressed. You cant get more realistic than that :D But i might do another render, a longer one with more comps on it on a network to see if i can get rid of this caustic noise... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...

It worked! Thanks

I would really appreciate some help If i can make it work i can double my muts/sec

Ok i managed to get it to start... I was writing: indigo.exe ior_test.xml -n m But i needed to write: indigo.exe testscenes\ior_test.xml -n m i found it myself but you should update the page in the link above, its not clear that you must enter the full path from where indigo.exe is. It might be obvi...

Im following these steps to try and start a network rendering: http://www.indigorenderer.com/drupal/?q=node/7 but i get an error everytime. It says: SceneLoaderExcep: failed to load XML doc from path 'ior_test.xml': Failed to open file Line 0, Column 0 I tried several xml files like ior_text.xml and...