"Chris Huff" wrote:
>
> There are two lens flare includes which I know of, and at least one of
> them can do "hiding" of a lens flare behind an object. However, though I
> have installed both of these "plugins", I have never actually used them,
> so I don't really know what I am talking about. :-)
>

These are rather limited. What I would like to see in POV-Ray is build in
lens flare effects that completely automatically disappears behind objects
(without the user having to specify the objects), becomes dimmer behind
partly transparent objects, shows up correctly in reflections and
refractions, and maybe becomes smaller or dimmer when partly behind an
object (that would be for lens flares what area_lights are for
light_sources). And even with all this functionality, I bet it could be made
faster than the current include files.

Such lens effects cannot be made with include files, but would have to be
build in.

Greetings,

Rune
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