POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : volume calculations : Re: volume calculations Server Time
6 Oct 2024 16:16:29 EDT (-0400)
  Re: volume calculations  
From: Alain
Date: 13 Jan 2007 17:44:06
Message: <45a960b6@news.povray.org>
Rune nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 12-01-2007 20:24:
> David El Tom wrote:
>> I just had the same idea, ..., but the other way around.

>> white background, orthographic camera, cylindrical ligth, transparent
>> surface and a black color fade inside (light attenuation). I think
>> this would be even more accurate as the fade is calculated directly
>> by the length of the ray traveling inside the object, while with
>> media you also can influence the result by means of
>> intervalls/samples parameter.

> Yes, I agree, except that I don't think you need any light source.

> Rune
No. All you need is a ambient 1 white plane, or set background rgb 1

-- 
Alain
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