Keyshot and a processor

[JL82]

I have the computer with AMD Phenom processor and Keyshot 2.2.56. Is this usual that KeyShot takes lot of processor power? I have had this "problem" ever...

Then I start to use KeyShot, CPU usage is very high on every core. It is about 80% although I don't do anything heavy. Is this a feature of Keyshot?

 

[DavidJ]

Keyshot will use as much resource as available to speed things up.

You can restrict how many cores it uses in multi-core systems.

 

[JL82]

You can restrict how many cores it uses in multi-core systems.

How I can restrict? I did not find from a menu of Keyshot.

E: Ok, I found from Task Manager

 

[DavidJ]

Keyshot 5 you can set number of cores from inside the software, it seems this setting isn't available in earlier versions - so you are limited to doing it via Task Manager as you found - apologies for any confusion.

 

[JL82]

Thanks David!

 

[NateLiquidGravity]

You can also use Shift + P to temporarily pause/resume realtime rendering. This also prevents movement of the camera/model but allows you to change materials on many parts without delays (the materials don't update until resumed).