

Scene dependant qualities will affect render times and render dependant attributes will affect the noise in the scene. There are certainly a lot of things to consider when optimizing Arnold (or any renderer). Optimizing Arnold for both will provide a much better experience as well as cleaner renders in the end. There is the IPR, or interactive preview render, while you are working. There are really two streams for optimizing a rendering workflow.


If you are using Arnold as a render engine (which is the same in all hosts) Arvid Schneider offers some great tips for optimizing Arnold. Why spend time waiting for projects to render when you can spend a bit of time optimizing for faster and cleaner renders. No matter how fast your system or renderer of choice is, everyone is looking for faster renders.
