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  Re: Photon Map: Created at Lower Res than Scene?  
From: Sven Littkowski
Date: 26 Jan 2008 23:52:51
Message: <479c0e23@news.povray.org>
Hi Ben,

but even so, based on what I heard already, meanwhile, the photon map would 
still take 6 days, right?

Sven



"Chambers" <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:479bdf30$1@news.povray.org...
> Sven Littkowski wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> I have a scene, which already takes around 6 days to create the photon 
>> map for, if it is done in the same resolution like the remaining scene.
>>
>> 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).
>
> Sure, I do it myself.  However, since the photon map is independent from 
> the scene resolution, you can set the image size absurdly low (like +w1 
> +h1) and still get a full-quality photon map.
>
> -- 
> ...Ben Chambers
> www.pacificwebguy.com


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