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  Re: A radiosity test (~73kbu)  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 15 Nov 2001 03:57:25
Message: <3BF38373.7A698FC2@gmx.de>
Redbeard wrote:
> 
> Just playing with radiosity.  Rendered in 7h 57m 18s on my Athlon 700, 192MB.
> Used Radiosity_2Bounce settings and lots of lights in the ceiling.
> 
> I was originally trying to light with ambient boxes, but quality was poor.  I
> tried adding area lights but I didn't like the looks.  So, I wrote a cheap
> AreaLight macro.  Much faster, much better looking.  There's still some
> blotchiness, so I've got some tweaking to do.
> 
> Still looks good, though.
> 
> Questions?  Comments?  Suggestions?
> 

I think an area_light with appropriate settings would be faster and better
than a lot of point lights here.  You will have to play a bit with the
parameters to get it fast and avoid graininess at the same time.

Christoph

-- 
Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde>
IsoWood include, radiosity tutorial, TransSkin and other 
things on: http://www.schunter.etc.tu-bs.de/~chris/


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