Hi All,
I'm currently working on a set of bathrooms which the client wants rendered at 7k. I've never done 7k before, so I'm trying now in my early development to optimise the scene as much as possible.
I'm wondering, if I replace the door (behind the camera, only seen in detailed reflections) with a corona rectangle light as the main source of lighting, is this workflow 'acceptable'?
Attached are two quick tests. The quicker one is with the rectangle corona light (set at intensity of 1), the longer one is with basic white Corona environment. Both of these are the only source of light in the scene. (53 seconds vs 2m)
Although the rectangle light was a lot quicker (and supposedly has lower noise), there is a lot of visible noise in the reflections - most noticeably the shower faucet. Obviously, I'll be adding more lights (probably only mostly strip and ceiling lights - corona lights, hopefully no emissive materials). The noise does seem to disappear when I do zoom renders.
Any feedback appreciated. Should I, for some reason I'm unaware of, not use the rectangle light workflow? Thanks!