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Byob: /* Samplers */

2020-05-14T13:01:59Z

Samplers

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	* '''Sobol:''' Random sampler with an improved noise pattern. Supports adaptive sampling to spend more samples on noisy areas of the image.		* '''Sobol:''' Random sampler with an improved noise pattern. Supports adaptive sampling to spend more samples on noisy areas of the image.
	* '''Metropolis: ''' Sampler that spends more samples on bright areas of the image, thus rendering caustics much better than the other samplers. The main disadvantage, especially when rendering on the GPU, is the higher RAM usage than the other samplers.		* '''Metropolis: ''' Sampler that spends more samples on bright areas of the image, thus rendering caustics much better than the other samplers. The main disadvantage, especially when rendering on the GPU, is the higher RAM usage than the other samplers. It is not recommended to use this sampler for rendering on GPUs.
	* '''Random:''' Simple random sampler. Supports adaptive sampling to spend more samples on noisy areas of the image.		* '''Random:''' Simple random sampler. Supports adaptive sampling to spend more samples on noisy areas of the image. In almost all cases, the Sobol sampler is better suited.

	= Clamping =		= Clamping =

Byob: /* Caches */

2020-05-14T13:00:14Z

Caches

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	= Caches =		= Caches =

			Caches are pre-computed before the rendering of film samples starts. They can accelerate the rendering of their respective area of expertise tremendously. Caches can be saved to disk and re-used, which can for example be used for animations where only the camera moves.

	* '''[[ PhotonGI ]] Indirect Light Cache:''' Use this cache if the indirect light in the scene is noisy (for example in indoor scenes)		* '''[[ PhotonGI ]] Indirect Light Cache:''' Use this cache if the indirect light in the scene is noisy (for example in indoor scenes)

Byob: /* Caches */

2020-05-14T12:52:50Z

Caches

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	= Caches =		= Caches =

	== [[ PhotonGI ~~\| PhotonGI Cache~~]] ==		* '''[[ PhotonGI ]] Indirect Light Cache:''' Use this cache if the indirect light in the scene is noisy (for example in indoor scenes)

	~~=== Indirect Light~~ Cache ~~===~~		* '''[[ PhotonGI ]] Caustics Cache:''' Use this cache if there are SDS-caustics in the scene (e.g. caustics in mirror, pool with camera above surface, underwater scene with caustics reflected from water surface, etc.)

	Use this cache if ~~the indirect~~ light ~~in the scene~~ is noisy (for example in indoor scenes)		* '''Environment light cache:''' Use this cache if direct light from world background is noisy (for example in indoor scenes lit by sky or HDRI through small windows). Do not use it in open scenes, as it can be detrimental to performance in that case. Note that this cache may produce visible artifacts if aggressive (too low) clamping values are used. Raise the clamping value if this happens.

	~~=== Caustics Cache ===~~		* '''Direct Light Sampling Cache:''' Use this cache in scenes with many light sources, where most of the lights only affect a limited area around them (e.g. a skyscraper with hundreds of rooms, each room lit by one light source). This cache makes direct light sampling in such situations much more efficient. Note that this cache may produce visible artifacts if aggressive (too low) clamping values are used. Raise the clamping value if this happens.

	~~Use this cache if there are SDS-caustics in the scene (e.g. caustics in mirror, pool with camera above surface, underwater scene with caustics reflected from water surface, etc.)~~

	~~== Environment light cache ==~~

	~~Use this cache if direct light from world background is noisy (for example in indoor scenes lit by sky or HDRI through small windows).~~
	~~Do not use it in open scenes, as it can be detrimental to performance in that case.~~

	~~Note that this cache may produce visible artifacts if aggressive (too low) clamping values are used. Raise the clamping value if this happens.~~

	== Direct Light Sampling Cache ==

	Use this cache in scenes with many light sources, where most of the lights only affect a limited area around them (e.g. a skyscraper with hundreds of rooms, each room lit by one light source). This cache makes direct light sampling in such situations much more efficient.

	Note that this cache may produce visible artifacts if aggressive (too low) clamping values are used. Raise the clamping value if this happens.

	= Light Strategy =		= Light Strategy =

Byob: added clamping and caches sections

2020-05-14T12:49:08Z

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 * '''Random:''' Simple random sampler. Supports adaptive sampling to spend more samples on noisy areas of the image.
-= Light strategy =
+= Clamping =
 The light strategy controls how much processing power is spent on each light in the scene.<br>

Byob: /* Engines */

2018-08-09T12:35:52Z

Engines

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	* '''Path''' (CPU/OpenCL): Unidirectional pathtracer that casts rays from the camera. Samples the whole film progressively. Supports all AOVs.		* '''Path''' (CPU/OpenCL): Unidirectional pathtracer that casts rays from the camera. Samples the whole film progressively. Supports all AOVs.
	* '''Tiled Path''' (CPU/OpenCL): Unidirectional pathtracer that is almost the same as '''Path''', but uses a special sampler which iterates over the image in tiles (this leads to a slightly lower RAM usage). The OpenCL version adapts the number of tiles that are rendered at once to the performance of the compute devices (GPUs/CPUs), so the tile size does not matter a lot (if rendering performance is bad due to small tiles, the number of rendered tiles is increased automatically). When the last tile of a pass is reached, it is split among the compute devices. Supports all AOVs.		* '''Tiled Path''' (CPU/OpenCL): Unidirectional pathtracer that is almost the same as '''Path''', but uses a special sampler which iterates over the image in tiles (this leads to a slightly lower RAM usage). The OpenCL version adapts the number of tiles that are rendered at once to the performance of the compute devices (GPUs/CPUs), so the tile size does not matter a lot (if rendering performance is bad due to small tiles, the number of rendered tiles is increased automatically). When the last tile of a pass is reached, it is split among the compute devices. Supports all AOVs.
	* '''Bidir''' (CPU only): Bidirectional pathtracer that casts rays from both camera and light sources. Samples the whole film progressively. Supports only a subset of AOVs: RGB, RGBA, ALPHA, DEPTH and SAMPLECOUNT.		* '''Bidir''' (CPU only): Bidirectional pathtracer that casts rays from both camera and light sources. Samples the whole film progressively. Supports only a subset of AOVs: RGB, RGBA, ALPHA, DEPTH and SAMPLECOUNT. It is recommended to combine this engine with the '''Metropolis''' sampler.

	= Samplers =		= Samplers =

Byob: /* Engines */

2018-08-09T12:33:57Z

Engines

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	LuxCoreRender offers the following engines (integrators):		LuxCoreRender offers the following engines (integrators):

	* Path (CPU/OpenCL)		* '''Path''' (CPU/OpenCL): Unidirectional pathtracer that casts rays from the camera. Samples the whole film progressively. Supports all AOVs.
	* Tiled Path (CPU/OpenCL)		* '''Tiled Path''' (CPU/OpenCL): Unidirectional pathtracer that is almost the same as '''Path''', but uses a special sampler which iterates over the image in tiles (this leads to a slightly lower RAM usage). The OpenCL version adapts the number of tiles that are rendered at once to the performance of the compute devices (GPUs/CPUs), so the tile size does not matter a lot (if rendering performance is bad due to small tiles, the number of rendered tiles is increased automatically). When the last tile of a pass is reached, it is split among the compute devices. Supports all AOVs.
	* Bidir (CPU only)		* '''Bidir''' (CPU only): Bidirectional pathtracer that casts rays from both camera and light sources. Samples the whole film progressively. Supports only a subset of AOVs: RGB, RGBA, ALPHA, DEPTH and SAMPLECOUNT.

	= Samplers =		= Samplers =

Byob at 13:17, 16 April 2018

2018-04-16T13:17:20Z

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	LuxCoreRender offers the following samplers:		LuxCoreRender offers the following samplers:

	* Sobol		* '''Sobol:''' Random sampler with an improved noise pattern. Supports adaptive sampling to spend more samples on noisy areas of the image.
	* Metropolis		* '''Metropolis: ''' Sampler that spends more samples on bright areas of the image, thus rendering caustics much better than the other samplers. The main disadvantage, especially when rendering on the GPU, is the higher RAM usage than the other samplers.
			* '''Random:''' Simple random sampler. Supports adaptive sampling to spend more samples on noisy areas of the image.

	= Light strategy =		= Light strategy =

Byob at 08:47, 30 March 2018

2018-03-30T08:47:02Z

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	The light strategy controls how much processing power is spent on each light in the scene.<br>		The light strategy controls how much processing power is spent on each light in the scene.<br>
	All lights in the scene can be sampled with the same probability (''uniform'' light strategy), but some light sources are much brighter than others, the image will be more noisy because a lot of processing power is spent on weak lights that are not contributing much to the lighting.<br>		All lights in the scene can be sampled with the same probability (''uniform'' light strategy), but if some light sources are much brighter than others, the image will be more noisy because a lot of processing power is spent on weak lights that are not contributing much to the lighting.<br>
	The solution to this problem are the ''power'' and ''log power'' light strategies. They dedicate more processing power to lights that are brighter.		The solution to this problem are the ''power'' and ''log power'' light strategies. They dedicate more processing power to lights that are brighter.<br>

	The following light strategies are available:		The following light strategies are available:
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	* Power		* Power
	* Log Power (default)		* Log Power (default)

			The sampling probability of a light can also be influenced with the importance setting of the light source:

			'''Importance:''' How much processing power to spend on this light source compared to other light sources.
			Used to scale the light importance computed by the light strategy. For instance, if you set a ''uniform'' light strategy, a light with a user importance of 2.0 will be sampled 2 times more often than one with 1.0.
			If you use a ''power'' light strategy, the user importance will be multiplied by the light power.

Byob: Created page with "= Engines = The choice of engine decides how lights are traced in the scene.
LuxCoreRender offers the following engines (integrators): * Path (CPU/OpenCL) * Tiled Path (..."

2018-03-30T08:43:55Z

Created page with "= Engines = The choice of engine decides how lights are traced in the scene. LuxCoreRender offers the following engines (integrators): * Path (CPU/OpenCL) * Tiled Path (..."

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= Engines =

The choice of engine decides how lights are traced in the scene. 
LuxCoreRender offers the following engines (integrators):

* Path (CPU/OpenCL)
* Tiled Path (CPU/OpenCL)
* Bidir (CPU only)

= Samplers =

The sampler decides how points on the film are chosen (in which area to fire more/less light rays). 
LuxCoreRender offers the following samplers:

* Sobol
* Metropolis

= Light strategy =

The light strategy controls how much processing power is spent on each light in the scene. 
All lights in the scene can be sampled with the same probability (''uniform'' light strategy), but some light sources are much brighter than others, the image will be more noisy because a lot of processing power is spent on weak lights that are not contributing much to the lighting. 
The solution to this problem are the ''power'' and ''log power'' light strategies. They dedicate more processing power to lights that are brighter.

The following light strategies are available:

* Uniform
* Power
* Log Power (default)

Render Configuration - Revision history

Byob: /* Samplers */

Byob: /* Caches */

Byob: /* Caches */

Byob: added clamping and caches sections

Byob: /* Engines */

Byob: /* Engines */

Byob at 13:17, 16 April 2018

Byob at 08:47, 30 March 2018

Byob: Created page with "= Engines = The choice of engine decides how lights are traced in the scene. LuxCoreRender offers the following engines (integrators): * Path (CPU/OpenCL) * Tiled Path (..."

Byob: Created page with "= Engines = The choice of engine decides how lights are traced in the scene.
LuxCoreRender offers the following engines (integrators): * Path (CPU/OpenCL) * Tiled Path (..."