robart nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 09/10/2006 06:35:
> I only have a single sphere to which I applied the Glass texture and it just
> appears as black. I've followed other "transparent object" tutorials and
> they appeared as black too. I've tried raising max_trace_level but that
> didn't help.
> 
> /////////////////////////////
> #include "colors.inc"
> #include "textures.inc"
> 
> light_source {
>   <0, 25, 5>
>   color White
> }
> 
> 
> camera {
>   location <0, 0,-2>
>   look_at  <0, 0, 0>
> }
> 
> global_settings {
>   ambient_light
> //  max_trace_level 100
> }
> 
> background {
>   Gray80
> }
> 
> sphere {
>   0, 0.5
>   texture {
>     Glass
>   }
> }
> //////////////////////
> In case it's useful, I'm using Version 3.6 on WinXP SP2.
> 
> 
Do you have changed the quality setting? Set that to low and transparency are 
ignored and tend to render dark or black.
ambient_light in global_settings is used to change the overall tint of the 
ambient part of the finish, usualy beter not to use at all.

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Alain
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