"Tim Nikias" <JUSTTHELOWERCASE:timISNOTnikias(at)gmx.netWARE> wrote in 
message news:415a6379@news.povray.org...
> SNIP
>> with       spacing 0.0002
>>       count 10000000
> SNIP
>
> Eh, isn't that combination kinda pointless? AFAIK, you use either 
> "spacing"
> and POV-Ray figures the amount of photons based on distance to lightsource
> or something like that, if you use "count", you're telling POV-Ray to use 
> a
> specific amount, which it will divide amongst the lightsources... Their
> mutual. Though I might have the technical details wrong, that's the main
> point of using spacing vs count.
>
> Ah, just found it: "3.6.3.2.1  Photon Global Settings" in 3.6.1 Docs, read
> past the blue values and you'll find: "The number of photons generated can
> be set using either the spacing or count keywords: [...]"
>


Oops.  :-[

Well, I must have grabbed that code from someone.  I'm going to go find 
someone else to blame for my problems...  (just kidding)  But seriously, I 
think I did find those settings somewhere else from someone who used photons 
to do something pretty nifty.  I guess I'll have to experiment more on my 
own.

But thanks for letting me know!  :-)

-- 
Jeremy
www.beantoad.com

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