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Message from d_lock

Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:47:07 GMT

Ok, I got to try the f12 setting earlier and it worked great.I'll try Ziggy's in a bit. Thanks to the both of u.

Message from ziggy72

Fri, 17 Jan 2014 13:43:58 GMT

Both the moon set and desert island set were by me (if it's the ones from the Assets page). The shadows are set to maximum sharpness (that's how I like 'em) but this puts a strain on your video card. Turn them down to 50% and the set will be easier to work with (and then turn them back up to 100% just before you make your movie).

Message from d_lock

Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:25:10 GMT

Excellent! I will try that this weekend.

Message from Mike_Num_5

Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:07:25 GMT

Hi d_lock and welcome!

You can try turning off lighting mode (F12) to help with resource heavy scenes if you like as a start point.

Message from d_lock

Fri, 17 Jan 2014 09:16:04 GMT

Hello, I am new to Muvizu (HELLO EVERYONE!!) and most scenes run really smooth... There are a few however (i.e. moon scene and desert island) that aren't very smooth and I'd like them to be smoother when I'm moving about and adding objects and such. My question is, would you suspect the video card to be the bottleneck here? Don't worry I won't hold you to your answer. I just need some advice before I start upgrading video cards, power supplies and such. All help is appreciated!

Current PC:
-i7 3.4 ghz processor
-12 gb ddr3 ram
-standard 7200 rpm hard drives
-1 GB Radeon 7450 <-- I suspect this is the bottleneck.