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Hi base-bone,

Sadly, I have no M3 here, and I would like to wait for the studio version this time since the M1 MBP is sufficient, and I currently do not want to replace it.

However, I will ask others on the team who have that option about their experience with the M3. If some negative is given, I will report back.

This can have many reasons. (AFAIK:) Changes in the Nodes lead artists to set the refresh only while the IPR is idle, as the "real" preview of material is checked in the IPR instead. So, the material preview itself is secondary and doesn't slow down the IPR.

This leads to whether this always happens or only when the IPR is active.
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Another question would be, if nothing else in the scene shows that problem and fresh material shows that problem, then this should be checked with tech support.

Anything that needs to be handled by the GPU requires space. I assume nothing new to you, but I write in a forum, so forgive me. This means existing data from a scene needs to be kicked out temporarily.

In the older (XPresso Style) Node editor, you have other Options, such as Auto Refresh.

Sometimes, setting the Preview size too small in the material helps, but I also read that people did not benefit from it, which indicates that it depends on several parts of the whole pipeline.

My personal take, not backed up so far by training material, is that the great optimization in the app is countered by huge Node trees while handling things that could be set up in an image editor first and then merged to a single texture, optimized to the size needed, instead of just having, e.g., 8K texture files for an object that never is prominent in the rendering.

When new external material is added, this is a process of optimization, not just a read action, which can take a moment.

I'm sure I have not covered all, but without a scene file and the same setup as you, I might not be able to answer that. Hence:

It will also be beneficial to check this with tech support just to exclude or include all possibilities.
https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center

All the best

Hi Frischvergiftung,

Select the items in question, then right-mouse-click, and use Generate Preview.

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All the best

Hi Shawn,

Please test what your configuration is getting, in terms of speed, with the current version; for example, the CPU has improved with over 12 cores.

Besides, the whole core has been heavily rewritten to make it faster than ever.

What the future of the old Hardware Viewport is - I can't tell (NDA), but I think the signs of what will happen are pretty large in the new announcements.

I do not understand myself here as a salesperson, nor am I supposed to be tech support; sadly, I have no idea what else to tell other than to test the new version and compare. Perhaps that is already the answer.

Please note that you must compare equal qualities when discussing render times. Se the GI to off, for example, or the samples in Redshift to 0.1, Then recheck the render times.

All the best

You're too kind, Dutchbird. 🙂

Enjoy your weekend!

Hi Zappa,

Yes, there is always too little time.

My suggestion to help that a little bit, keep asking questions. Besides that, set up small scenes and render privies in Stamp size. The primary stop in learning is a slow response from your "machine"; no matter the speed of your computer, it is always slow when it holds things that don't matter for that moment. I understand when little time is given, one like to have at least one thing rendered out as a reward.

A good mix is the best approach. Just a plane object and a sphere plus material and light, one light! Never toss too many things in a scene. A typical mistake is the illusion of progress by loading things in the scene because one has them. (… based on my observation over nearly two decades of mentoring artists)

Keep it super simple. Then explore while rendering in 1/4 of HD or smaller, just enough to get feedback. The more you learn, the faster you will be. No beefy CPU will replace this. 😉 (I have rendered as preview three projects this evening in 480x270 to get an idea of the speed and progress of a scene in terms of color and animation. That makes me faster than anyone who always renders as large as possible. I learned that in 2004 from an ILM artist.

The more you get familiar with the mix of parameters, the faster you get where you like to be, and so, the little time you have is better used. Yes, that is a little bit slower at first.

Your question, some materials can be reproduced quickly, but some need more complex calculations. This is all I can say, based on a general question.

Enjoy