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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Date: 26 Jan 2008 19:41:16
Message: <479bd32c@news.povray.org>

Sven Littkowski escribió:
> I would like to know, if it is possible to use a lower resolution (let's 
> say: 400x300) for the photon map (with the "save_file" option enabled), and 
> then to stop and continue the scene in a high resolution (now with the 
> "load_file" option enabled).


It's possible. The photon map is independent from the image resolution.

Which also means that calculating the photon map when rendering at 
400x300 will take exactly the same time as any other higher resolution.

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