render 1: planes w/ textures, with ground, without smooth ---> 12:46 --->
render 2: planes w/ textures, with ground, with smooth ---> 12:59 --->
render 3: planes w/ textures, without ground, without smooth ---> 7:48 --->
render 4: planes w/ textures, without ground, with smooth ---> 8:44 --->
render 5: real leafs with ground ---> 11:30 --->
render 5: real leafs without ground ---> 4:20 --->
i dont think this is a full-on test since the real leaves are only about 1/5 of the amount needed. if we extrapolate out the render time, I think the fastest way is going to be to render this tree out once, unsmoothed, without the ground, with the textured planes, and composite a 60 frame animation cycle per shot. Bonus,.... not many of your shots show the whole tree!
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