RMFM point cloud colour bleeding in animations

[eak]

Hey there, I am planning the renderman passes for an animation I am beginning.

I have read over the point cloud/brick maps for colourbleed occlusion available in renderman.

I am wondering if if anyone uses these in animations??  my animation consists of a complex creature (constantly moving) on a static white ground plane. Obviously I'd have to bake the cloud for every frame. Is this the best solution for colour bleed and occlusion within prman?

[joojaa]

Yes sure, the purpose of the brickmap is to make the lookup fast and filtered. So what you get is a way faster primary render that has nbetter quality than it would otherwise have. Also you dont need to use raytracing wich can significantly boos some complex scenes.