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How many poly is a lot?

odasteinodastein Posts: 606
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So, someone linked to some product somewhere, and it is mentioned : poly count : 3,2 millions.

Nice information, but how much is 3,2 millions poly? I have no clue. Maybe it's a not much, like 3.2 millions grains of sand on the beach? Maybe it's a lot, like 3.2 millions euros inherited from a wealthy uncle I had never heard about?

So, for insance, for comparison's sake, what is the poly count of an average G8 character? 

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,104

    You can open the scene information window tab and see what polycount your scene and loaded items are, that should give you an idea, all base genesis figures are around 35K

  • Matt_CastleMatt_Castle Posts: 3,010

    It depends on exactly what the product is, but in most circumstances, 3.2 million polys would indeed be considered "a lot".

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,099

    This is a lot of polys. devil

    LotOfPolys.jpg
    1300 x 960 - 325K
  • odasteinodastein Posts: 606
    Wendy_Carrara said:

    You can open the scene information window tab and see what polycount your scene and loaded items are, that should give you an idea, all base genesis figures are around 35K

     

    Matt_Castle said:

    It depends on exactly what the product is, but in most circumstances, 3.2 million polys would indeed be considered "a lot".

    Interesting to know. But in the information window, they don't mentionn "poly". They mentrion....vertices, I think? I assume it's the same thing?

    Also the scene I tested was indicated as having about 3 millions of those, even though it included only 4 characters and a relatively simple background. Would that be normal? 

  • HavosHavos Posts: 5,582
    odastein said:
    Wendy_Carrara said:

    You can open the scene information window tab and see what polycount your scene and loaded items are, that should give you an idea, all base genesis figures are around 35K

     

    Matt_Castle said:

    It depends on exactly what the product is, but in most circumstances, 3.2 million polys would indeed be considered "a lot".

    Interesting to know. But in the information window, they don't mentionn "poly". They mentrion....vertices, I think? I assume it's the same thing?

    Also the scene I tested was indicated as having about 3 millions of those, even though it included only 4 characters and a relatively simple background. Would that be normal? 

    Vertices are points, polys are the flat surfaces that join the points. However in most models the number of polys and vertices are roughly the same.

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