test render??

[m_gal]

Ok i am extremly new to Indigo so please dont laugh at my rather silly question...but is there a way to do a test render or a quick render so you can see what may need to be changed as the normal rendertakes a long time to finish!!!

Thanx

[Zom-B]

there are 3 scenes in the testscenes folder inside Indigo installation folder.
The "Caterpillar - Paha Shabanov" scene is a little buggy at the moment, so give the other two a ride

[m_gal]

im sorry but i still dont undersand lol i have used sketchup to make a scene and edited the materials and now want to render but it is taking too long and want to know if there is a simple/easy/quick way to render or do a test render so i can see what my materals look like and if changes are needed before i do i final render?

thanx.

[Zom-B]

oh, stupid me... I misunderstood your question -.-'

Check page 13 on the Skindigo manual, its a good read if you are new anyway
Also the Skindigo Tutorials may be interesting for you...

http://www.indigorenderer.com/sketchup/

[Pibuz]

m_gal: you're using an UNBIASED render engine. I fear there is no quick way to do things, especially if your machine is old-fashioned (dual-core or less, IMHO). To have an idea of the global feeling we usually launch a very small resolution, or using region rendering on big renders.

[snorky]

m_gal: you're using an UNBIASED render engine. I fear there is no quick way to do things, especially if your machine is old-fashioned (dual-core or less, IMHO). To have an idea of the global feeling we usually launch a very small resolution, or using region rendering on big renders.

need a tag <LowQuality> ...

[Soup]

Yeah just render at a lower resolution with supersample 1. While it may still be noisy, it becomes easy to see how the render will turn out if left longer.