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25 Apr 2024 22:23:50 EDT (-0400)
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From: Alain
Date: 27 Sep 2012 22:19:30
Message: <50650932@news.povray.org>

> On 27/09/12 17:11, clipka wrote:
>> +HR doesn't help for frame-to-frame problems, it just makes sure
>> that the /same/ scene renders identically each time.
>
>    Admittedly, I didn't finish reading the description... :(
>
>> There's really only one way around radiosity flicker, and that's
>> higher-quality radiosity settings. (From my experience with static
>> scenes, a deeper pretrace often helps a lot.)
>
>    Oh, no... I was trying to avoid raising the quality, as it renders
> already somewhat slow.
>
>    But I had a wild idea... I think someone suggested it sometime ago,
> but I don't know if anyone ever tested it: saving/loading radiosity from
> one frame to frame, by using both +RFI and +RFO for every frame. I just
> did a quick test, and the flickering seems much less noticeable... but
> perhaps is my imagination: will render the final animation tonight and
> report back.
>
> --
> Jaime
>
>
>
>

I did try that once, but must have badly chosen my animation. It caused 
a crash as the radiosity data kept growing to exceede the capacity of my 
computer...


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