"Rune" <run### [at] inamecom> wrote in message
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| What I complain about that the color of the surface is ignored. And for a
| strange reason it is *only* ignored with transmit values above 1. It
| shouldn't ever be ignored.
|
| No, my point is that actually it works "correctly" with *all* values below
| 1. Even negative values. Transmit values above 1 should simply work just the
| same way.
|
| > It seems the rgb 0 (or blacker) end of the
| > spectrum is given a certain priority.

I was just getting at the idea that maybe darker (toward rgb 0) colors with
transmit applied might be "enhanced" to convey it's own pigment and not that
of the background.  Checking the graph once again it appears my imperfect mind
switched the graphs on me, in a way anyhow.  What I was actually intending to
be saying before was that the transmit is probably supposed to increase
intensity (saturation?) of any color greater than rgb 0 (leaving rgb 0 alone
still for >1 values of transmit).  Sorry, but I don't express myself clearly
even when I try.
So.... to make an assumption, I'd have to say the way transmit works must've
been planned that way.  Acting as a kind of pigment (including background)
booster.  And reason I mentioned filter too was because I think it probably
does likewise.
Btw, I'm also wondering why no one else has spoken up about any of this.

Bob

| then following my suggestion would not require any new code. Only some
| existing code should be removed. Something similar to a #if statement I
| guess. Instead of using one formula for transmit values below one and
| another for transmit values above one, the same formula should be used for
| all transmit values. Simple and logical I think.
|
| > Did you also try graphing 'filter' in this
| > same way? Talk about something that emits
| > when >1 !
|
| I didn't try graph that. Maybe I should...
|
| > Anyhow, very good job of graphing.
|
| Thanks!
|
| Now I just hope some POV programmers or patch makers will look at the
| problem, or at least reply here...
|
| Greetings,
|
| Rune
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