Matija nous illumina en ce 2009-02-12 10:22 -->
> "triple_r" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
>> "Matija" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> I am trying to make a surface composed of a multilayer. I have made an array of
>>> bowls and I would like the light from the bottom of the bowls to reflect yellow
>>> and the light at the sides to reflect blue, as the light incident on the bottom
>>> hits at a normal angle and the light on the sides at 45 degrees. I have gotten
>>> some decent result with irid (Iridescence), but not quite correct.
>> I'm probably way off, so perhaps you shouldn't listen to me, but are you just
>> describing the angle of incidence pattern?  I can't find it in POV-Ray, but I
>> know the aoi pattern is in MegaPOV.  If you had a physical model, you could
>> tabulate properties by angle to get the blue/yellow transition.  Of course this
>> approach isn't necessarily physically-based, but it sounds similar to what
>> you're after.
>>
>>  - Ricky
> 
> I think this is what I'd need. I will look into MegaPOV. Thanks!
> 
> BTW just to illustrate better - this is what I am basing the bowl on:
> 
>
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v404/n6777/fig_tab/404457a0_F1.html#figure-title
> 
> Matija
> 
> 
POV-Ray don't handle the polarisation of light.

-- 
Alain
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