Thought I’d share this with the community as I found it handy for my latest project. Have just finished working on a beast of an animation which had a very short timeframe, meaning I didn’t have the time to give Cycles the samples it needed to give completely clean results. I already had a noise reduction plugin called Neat Video, so thought I’d try it to reduce Cycles noise. Worked like a charm. Not as good as upping the number of samples, but we don’t always have the luxury of longer render times…
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Loving the similarities Cycles has with camera footage. I was explaining how the render engine worked to a cameraman the other day and I made a comparison between the samples taken in Cycles and the shutter speed of the camera. Brilliant.
Well worth the 100 euros it costs. If you use Blender a lot you will you start saving money just from the reduced electrical bill alone!