On 28/02/2012 4:44 PM, clipka wrote:
>
> The translucency parameter specifies the so-called "mean free distance"
> of a light ray in the material (in mm), i.e. the average distance a
> light ray travels before it is either absorbed or scattered. This can be
> more than 1.0 mm in case of very "waxy" materials, and could
> theoretically be as large as infinity (for a perfectly transparent
> material).
>
Thanks Christoph I understand it better now that I know what the values 
related to. I can get a mental image of what is happening.

that too much to ask for?

> I've only recently heard of Poser figures coming with translucency maps,
> which obviously need to specify values in the range 0..1; it would be
> interesting to know what parameterization is used there, so we could
> adapt POV-Ray to easily make use of them as well; the SSLT syntax is
> therefore still in flow.

I've not heard of that. Interesting!
-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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