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6 Oct 2024 12:32:33 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Media Speedup Question  
From: Tony[B]
Date: 23 Nov 2001 09:41:05
Message: <3bfe6001@news.povray.org>
> What you see in a pixel is the integral of the global illumination
> function along a ray through that pixel. POV does this integration
> explicitly, i.e. by sampling. It has to. MAX can do it directly. It
> all comes to simple (compared to noise3d isos :) ) calculus and linear
> algebra.

Oooh. :( So does that mean there is no hope?


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