I've been planning on making something new to cover media, just haven't
found the time.  I'll tell you one thing though, it won't cover halos in
any shape or form.

I see it this way.  When it comes to scattering, media is just as good
as atmosphere.  They are both about equally bad in terms of speed, and
if you use jitter with atmosphere you have the same look.  So for at
least that aspect of media I'd say there's no major difference.

The other options in halos are a different story.  The emitting
and...well, just the emitting as the other two sucked...were actually
quite useful on account of the speed.  This old computer used to blow
right through an emitting halo in seconds and get smooth results.  Not
quite the same with media.  My understanding is that the sampling method
is different than with media.  Bringing back that method might be a good
idea as an option in media for things that don't need as much accuracy.  
So anyway, I got this thing I'm working on, plus that collection of
stars I promised, and this other thing...but I swear I'll try to cook
something up on media as soon as I can. :)

-Mike

Bob Hughes wrote:
> 
> Alas... I know poor Mike, through AOLs POV Chat, well. (Shakespearian,
> don't ya think?)
> 
> I've long since seen and re-seen those tutorial pages and it's
> unfortunate I can't make head nor tails of media even looking at other
> examples. It keeps defying my sense of logic. I'm still thinking it's a
> learning experience needed, halo and atmosphere in 3.0* was likewise, as
> is anything.
> From what I've been able to tell so far though 3.1 is not a perfect step
> up, as media can be much slower to produce an equal smoothness it seems.
> Well, not to be a whiner or anything, I just agree with many apparently
> that a quick and versatile method of using media in it's variety of ways
> has become a holy grail to seek out.
> Color manipulation of media is, itself, like a whole new world.
>

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