Jud@s Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Before I ask the question, let me do a little explanation. I do a lot of experimentation with the effects, both pugins and standard PDN effects, for a lot of background designs that I make. To be honest, I mostly use distorts to get most of the effects needed for a lot of the psychedelic designs that I like so well. Most of the effects have a rendering time between 1 and 10 seconds on my PC. A couple take a little longer than that, somewhere between 10 and 30 seconds. But when I use the Dents effect, it may take me over a half hour to get the final settings I want with the effect, and another 2.5 minutes to render after clicking the OK button. I was wondering... does everyone have this problem with Dents? Or is my PC so antique that it just can't process it fast enough? I'm on a 750mhz PIII with a NIVIDA GeForce4 MX440 grafics card. Its not much, but its all I can afford atm, and it usually does its job without bucking around like a wild bronco. Here's an example pic that took me over 35 mins just to find the right dents settings and then to render the effects to the picture. Quote 100% PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moc426 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 too much to read, but in dents set the quality to 1, and once you finish with all the settings, set it to the higher value. quality settings in dents slows it down. so keep that as your last step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Not sure what's causing it due to me not being a well rounded programmer, sorry. You should ask Ed, he made the effect, thus would be more logical to ask the creator. I recommend posting this in the Ed Effects thread. Quote "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" [ dA Paint.NET Chat :: Yata on dA ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 is my PC so antique that it just can't process it fast enough? The answer is yes. Dents is really compute-intensive. Quote No. Way. I've just seen Bob. And... *poof!*—just like that—he disappears into the mist again. ~Helio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Yes, your computer is slow, and is actually below the recommended system for Paint.NET (we officially say "800mhz"). Your P3-750 is ... 7 years old? A modern dual core system, such as a Athlon X2 or Core 2 Duo, will generally render all effects quite fast. I think "Tile Reflection" is the most CPU intensive of the built-in Paint.NET effects. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moc426 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Tile reflection runs good speed for me, but I have a dual core 2 duo and 4 gigs of ram, dents on quality 5 runs slow, its not that bad really but compared to how fast the other stuff runs, it is slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Then you guys should try settings I posted in Here 16x tell me it's not just me LOL Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moc426 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 the 16x has 2-4 second delay. Then you guys should try settings I posted in Here 16x tell me it's not just me LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrEaK Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 the slowest render i've had with my comp was 14seconds Quote Site: RIP =( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Then it must be me :? Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncfan51 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 The slowest render for me is 4 seconds And I have a Dimension 8250 from 2002, Single-Core, 2.4 Ghz... Quote +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ I am a disco dancer. +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrEaK Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 The slowest render for me is 4 seconds And I have a Dimension 8250 from 2002, Single-Core, 2.4 Ghz... try doing 1600x1200 hex grid with size 1 brush size 2 anti aliased. Quote Site: RIP =( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirby145 Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 I have a dual pentium 4 2.8 gHZ and it's fast so, must be your computer Quote "By trying to reinvent the wheel every time we find very often with square wheels" ...X-blaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Harvey Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Dents is a processor intensive effect The most important setting is Quality. Each step up in this setting slows the render speed considerably, so don't increase it unless you really have to. The other setting worth watching is Detail, although it has less affect than Quality. All other settings have little or no influence on rendering time... Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jud@s Posted June 11, 2007 Author Share Posted June 11, 2007 O.K. then... thanks for the replies everyone. Guess I will have to keep my quallity and details down untell I want to render then. Quote 100% PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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