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4 Aug 2024 16:13:08 EDT (-0400)
  Re: heightfields, 16bit images and isosurfaces  
From: Lutz-Peter Hooge
Date: 9 Jun 2003 22:57:35
Message: <3ee5491f$1@news.povray.org>
Christopher James Huff <cja### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:

> I was actually wondering about isosurface vs. height field.

~1s for heightfield

> An isosurface solver optimized for the constraints of a height field 
> might be worth it...

Would that still work if the surfaces is modified with some other
function?

> Better smoothing would also be nice, I find it hard to believe the current 
> smoothing is optimal.

SlimePOV also has an additional smoothing algorithm. 
It does not look much different in this testscene, however, but maybe in 
bigger, more complicated heightfields. I havn't tried that yet.

Lutz-Peter


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