"Making of Jalaniel"

Test rendering

To make a few test shots of your scene you do not need to use the FireFly renderer. The P4-renderer is sufficient for what we need.
Note the render settings above and keep the option Ignore shader trees unchecked while all the others are activated.

Reduce the size of your render window to something around 500 or better 400 Pixels in the bigger dimension. Renders of this size suffice - and they don't eat up as much time as a big render.