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  Re: MIKA radiosity & pretrace question  
From: Xplo Eristotle
Date: 5 Oct 2002 06:50:57
Message: <3d9ec411@news.povray.org>
Marc Champagne wrote:
> 
> ...does the pretrace affect the quality of radiosity or is it just
> a mosaic effect for the render-window? 
> 
> It's not quite clear from the above if smaller values will give better
> results.

In some cases, smaller pretrace_end values will help smooth artifacts 
(slightly); in other cases, a smaller value has no appreciable effect. 
Obviously, in all cases, a lower value will increase rendering time.

-Xplo


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