Final Render Settings

Here are the settings to use for final renders. DO NOT use these for testing lights. It's best if you half the resolution and take down shading rate to speed up lighting process until rendering final images.

In Render Settings:

• Common
  • File name prefix: <RenderLayer>/<Scene>_<RenderLayer> (right-click)
  • Image Format: Tiff16
    Frame/Animation ext: name.#.ext
    Frame padding: 3
  • Resolution: HD 720
• Quality
  • Shading rate: 1.0
  • Pixel Samples: 12.0 x 12.0 (to smooth out DoF and motion blur)
  • Filter: mitchell
  • Filter Size: 4.0 x 4.0
• Features
  • Motion Blur: ON
  • Ray Tracing
    • Trace Bias: 0.01
    • Max Spec Depth: 2

Depth of Field Settings:

• F Stop: 8 (maybe)
• Focus Region Scale: 1.0

Settings in RenderMan Controls:

• RenderRadiosityPass
  • Shading Rate: 2.0
• SSRenderPass
  • Shading Rate: 1.0
  • Pixel Samples: 4.0, 4.0