try using image_width to choose the photon count/spacing
Sven Littkowski napsal(a):
> 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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