Dave VanHorn nous apporta ses lumieres ainsi en ce 2004/05/16 00:02... :

>"Rafal 'Raf256' Maj" <spa### [at] raf256com> wrote in message
>news:Xns94EB384D96A5Braf256com@203.29.75.35...
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>>dva### [at] cedarnet news:40a6e00d@news.povray.org
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>>>What sort of options are available for making big whopping sparks that
>>>light up the scene?
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>>FOr questions please use povray.general (or .newusers).
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>ALrighty then.. :)
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>>As for sparks, You can use
>>1) small but very bright emission media
>>2) small spheres/etc with high ambient finish
>>3) real light sources
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>>options 1) and 2) need radiosity and therefore are usualy slow, on the
>>other hand using 3) is slow when YOu have too meany sparks.
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>Well, 38 smallish sparks, and one big whopping one.
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>>Btw funny I was qoing to write a small FAQ/tutorial about it I hope You
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>Cool.
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With that kind of count, I'd go for solutions 1 and/or 2, could give you 
better results in less time.

Alain

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