Optimizing the Scene

As architectural visualization artists, achieving the perfect balance between stunning visual fidelity and smooth performance is paramount, whether we are working on a small residential project or an ambitious urban landscape. Optimizing your scene plays an important role, though it’s often overlooked until the late phases of a project. On the contrary, knowing how to optimize a scene will also help you in the earlier phases, enabling you to build a scene in the right way to avoid surprises at the end. Also, consider that under a deadline, having a scene that runs stuttering or crashing while rendering can be quite stressful. Optimization goes beyond mere technical adjustments; it is a mindset that infiltrates every aspect of your workflow. In this chapter, we’ll cover the optimization considerations in terms of texture and material creation, offering insights into reducing memory usage, utilizing texture streaming, and creating efficient material...