<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>Hi <span>Brecht,</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>On BlenderArtists.com it has been mentioned that, at the conference using buckets for Cycles rendering might be considered as a way of overcoming memory limitations.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Could this function as a fail-safe, rather than a default method?</span></div><div><span>The graphic card's memory is calculated, if there will not be enough memory available to render, then <span style="font-style: italic;">(rather than the render failing)</span> the process switches to using buckets?</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Would bucket rendering on a GPU function similar to Blender's internal renderer and other bucket rendering engines, segmented render sections completed in turn, if so how do you maintain attractive real
time viewport editing updates?</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Thank you,</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>David Black<br></span></div></div></body></html>