"Simon de Vet" <sde### [at] istarca> wrote in message
news:Xns### [at] 204213191226...
> I was looking online for some good weathering references, and stumbled
> across something even more exciting - subsurface scattering.
>
> Subsurface scattering takes into account that many materials are slightly
> translucent. Marble allows some light to pass a very short distance, as
> does milk. Light hitting skin is not immediately reflected, but will
> penetrate a few layers, diffuse, and then travel towards the viewer. The
> examples I've seen are incredible. Such a small effect makes images
> massively more realistic.
>
I haven't taken a look yet, but it sounds like scattering media to me...

- Nekar

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