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  • Published 22 Jul 2019

Cycles skip pixel if transparant background

For VFX work, i wonder if cycles can be sped up to skip rendering of areas where there is nothing to render (transparant background). If transparant bakground is selected only tiles where an object is should be rendered other screen areas dont require rendering.

(2.79 had an addon for this, in python) but it could be addressed at the cycles core itself.

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peter.boos
22 Jul 2019

3 Comments

zutxita

Yes, it also happens in the Denoising... empty pixels get denoised, very useful.

lsscpp

Hey! what do you mean with "2.79 had an addon for this, in python"

ad.morris

* @ Lsscpp * I think he means the Animated Render Border addon