Renderman (blender addon) VS Blender Cycles

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Renderman (blender addon) VS Blender Cycles

My lego minifig, matching material colours, textures and lighting setup.

Blender 2.75

CPU Render
Renderman : samples 147 : Time 28 min (using only 3 threads)
Cycles : samples 600 : Time 1 hour 28 min approx (using 4 threads)

GPU Render
Renderman : NA
Cycles : samples 600 : Time 9 min

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It would seem Renderman is alot faster (non GPU), I expect this is more apparent with bigger scenes!
Looking forward to better blender integration in future.

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Renderman looks noisier but sharper, probably too large AA filter radius on Cycles.
What about render times?

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http://i.imgur.com/bu3kK0Q.png
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PRMan, All default setting
Cycles, + AO Pass

Using only the preset diffuse and emission shader…
I would say, I’d like the PRMan one… :slight_smile:

Ps. I wait till everything is done…

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Updated render more smaples to clear noise, times added.