Ye it's nice when you come across an elegant solution for something like this. Seems like you have to have a good problem solving mind when it comes to the node editor.

Love Andrew Price. Very clear. Thanks for posting!

I think this is the same guy I recommended to you isn't it? I think he has a good pace for beginners and covers all the important areas to build from.

The most devastating news came when I met my heroes. I support the football (soccer) team Liverpool, and was once lucky enough to get in the tunnel when the players were leaving the stadium to their bus (after a match against Blackburn). I got everyones signature on a programme. Owen, Gerrard (I touched his thumb!), Carra etc... even Houllier and Evans who were co-managing at the time. I was so happy.

My mum took the programme saying she would frame it and we could put it up in my room.... she promptly lost it. I was distraught.

Not this one. To be honest I haven't had much need to use it before, but I think how it works is that you donate rendering power for a certain amount of time for other peoples projects and the more you donate the more credits you can build up. Then when you upload a project, the more credits you have the more priority your project is given. So after donating some time to the farm you should be able to get your stuff rendered by the farm more quickly.

Anyone else with more experience of the site please feel free to come and correct me.

Have you tried using a render farm like Sheepit (https://www.sheepit-renderfarm.com/) for your renders? Can speed up your renders and leave you to get on with other things while it's rendering.