Jeroen, one hundred percent agreed with you. But there seems to be not so much discussion going on here..
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Jeroen Bakker <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/09/2013 02:58 PM, Sergey Sharybin wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Noticed that currently compositor output node will be fully recalculated > > every time you're editing compositor node tree. This adds quite enough of > > CPU consumption and only benefit from this is having Render Result image > > up-to-date. > > > > Is it something indeed expected by artists? From what i've noticed during > > Mango and some post-mango artists feedback -- they're usually > disconnecting > > compo output node to make compositing faster. But this often leads to > > troubles when you forget to connect node back, send 12hrs shot to the > farm > > and.. Well, nothing fun out of this. > > > > So, the question is: is it even helpful to have Render Result updating > > every time you're editing the tree? And if so, what about: > > > > - Making it a compositor option to ignore compo output while editing > > - Making it possible to mute compo output node, which will mean it's > > ignored while editing (but not while rendering) > > > Hi Sergey, > > initially the tile-system made the difference between editing and > rendering. During editing Viewer nodes and Previews were calculated. > During Rendering only the composite node. > It came to our attention that there are 2 ways to use the compositor. > One is using the backdrop viewernode, and the other uses the image/UV > space to display a viewer or the final composite. > IMO most users use the backdrop, but we got bug reports from people who > uses the image/UV space. > For example #31816 > > We currently support both ways of working in a single system and that > can be very time-consuming. I think that we should start a discussion > what the workflow(s) should be, in stead of adding numerous options for > users to turn on/off specific features. Like the hide preview button is > related to this topic. > > Best Regards, > Monique & Jeroen > - At Mind - > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > -- With best regards, Sergey Sharybin _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
