Claude Mench wrote:
> 
> 
>     thanks,
> 
>     Subsurface rendering is used for translucent materiel
>     like wax in a candle. imagine a large diameter red candle
>     with the flame  going down in the middle. From the side you
>     will see a portion of the candle that is clompletely opaque
>     dark red and at the upper part you will see illuminated red
>     wax.
> 
>     generaly it is a way to transport light in the interior of
>     objects. I thought that POVRAY medai where only used for
>     athmospheric effects.

You will find some pretty realistic things of that kind in recent posts in
povray.binaries.images. that were all done with scattering media.

Christoph

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