rendering with skylight, please help!

[divaid]

he, I have created a tank which i put in a real background. It looks and blends the coolest (in the background) with skylight (and advanced lighting - Light tracer) on. The problem is rendering time takes hours, because i've some reflective in my scene too. I did render without skylight with just omni lights, and it renders alot quicker, but it doesn't look real. Isn't there another way (mayb a plugin) which creates the same lighting as skylight but renders lot faster??? thanks

[Brent]

try e-light script

http://home.wanadoo.nl/r.j.o/skyraider/e-light.htm

ciao

[DeadlyFreeze]

I've tried e-light before and seems to take even longer then maxs skylight.

[Xtreme™]

hmmm same problem like me lol... well for now i using mental ray for renders, playing with final gathering, photon, etc u kno... :D, but in mental ray i still dont get a good shadows like in skylights shadow, if i go with a soft shadows, the darker area its too soft and too bright.... i cant control those shadows around mental ray