How to speed up rendering

The following are useful help pages to consult when trying to speed up rendering:

• Render quality and improving render time

  This page provides tips on how altering certain parameters will allow you to improve render time with minimal decrease in the quality of your renders.

• Mantra rendering engines

  This page describes the advantages and disadvantages of the different rendering engines, which will help you choose the best rendering engine for your scene.

• Volumetric rendering

  There is a section on controlling quality and performance of volumetric rendering for surfaces as well as one on controlling quality and performance of volumetric rendering for shadows.

• Motion blur

  The tips section provides suggestions on how to speed up renders using motion blur, which controls the shading quality dynamically.