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1 Jul 2024 05:49:33 EDT (-0400)
  Re: caustics and fog (photon mapping with scattering media)  
From: Christian Froeschlin
Date: 3 Feb 2010 13:53:31
Message: <4b69c62b$1@news.povray.org>
ghostch wrote:
> Christian Froeschlin <chr### [at] chrfrde> wrote:
>> According to the documentation, pass_through does not have
>> an effect on photons which have already hit their target.
> 
> Does that mean there is no way that media interact with photons that have
> already passed through a lens or some other target?

No, it just means you can't use pass_through. See my other reply
in this thread for a modified example with caustics and media.

The tutorial may be a bit misleading when it states that you
need to specify pass_through for the media photons to work. In
that example it is required because photons enter the media
container prior to hitting the target.


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