I’l stick to my studio stage. I have to say I’m a little disappointed we didn’t get to bake the entire scene to prepare for animation. I was hoping to learn a little about limitations and optimizations…
Anyways, here I did a Full Global Illumination render and then a more optimized with limited light-paths, so I really could to compare. The difference is clear and the difference in render time is almost ridiculous.
Full Global Illumination: 1 hours rendering @ 1920x1080 800s. A warmer full lighting full of nuances.
Limited Light Paths + tricks: 10 min rendering @ 1920x1080 800s. A slighly colder light and detached feel to background.
Update
( Sat Jul 29 2017 14:05 )
Finally found some time to finish the GrandPiano. Sorry for bad render…
