POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : media interaction : Re: media interaction Server Time
4 Aug 2024 12:17:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: media interaction  
From: Eleven
Date: 10 May 2003 20:20:42
Message: <3EBD975A.9030305@xith.net>
Christopher James Huff wrote:

> Ah, I thought you were just talking about a plain halo effect. To do 
> this accurately you do need scattering, just set extinction to 0. If the 
> beams of light don't need to correspond exactly to openings in the 
> object, emitting media and a carefully designed density pattern might 
> work.
> 

Cool, I got the light beams workin'. Thanks :) What exactly does 
"media_interaction off" do, then? Does it only apply to scattering effects?

And since it comes up, how exactly does one design a density pattern? 
The documentation doesn't seem very clear on it.

-M.C. ArZeCh


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