Redone my Ellie and Sam render. 400 iterations, denoise on the last iteration (400th). Anyhow, somehow my "Max Path Length" got shortened to 4, rather than the default of -1 (unlimited).
First, the original render with only 4 in the path...
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And now with unlimited... (-1).
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It makes a big difference. I thought something was a little off with this, given the light coming into the window.
From what I am told, 7 is the minimum to have for this value, though I prefer unlimited as lighting is vital.
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