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28 Sep 2024 17:54:27 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Scattering media help  
From: clipka
Date: 25 Jan 2016 16:22:11
Message: <56a69203$1@news.povray.org>
Am 25.01.2016 um 22:00 schrieb Mike Horvath:
> On 1/25/2016 3:46 PM, clipka wrote:
>> Am 25.01.2016 um 21:06 schrieb Mike Horvath:
>>> On 1/25/2016 4:28 AM, Kenneth wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Here's a 'complete' scene including your scattering media (with a
>>>> camera and a
>>>> light-- having a LIGHT is important for seeing this media type) plus a
>>>> HOLLOW
>>>> container object for the media to be enclosed in. (A simple sphere
>>>> here.) At
>>>> least you'll see *something* now! ;-)
>>>
>>> I should have clarified. I can *see* the media, it is either the right
>>> color but too dense if I set the scattering to <0.2,0.4,1.0>, or it is
>>> properly dense but too dark. There seems to be no way to set the density
>>> independently of the color.
>>
>> The question to be examined here is this:
>>
>> Is the media not to your liking because it differs from the original
>> image, or because you think it looks wrong?
> 
> Because it differs from the original image. Can I lower the density
> without changing the color?

I thought I had given a clear enough answer, but here it is again in a
nutshell:

Yes, you /can/ do that by reducing the "extinction" parameter. /But/
tampering with the setting will void your warranty (read: break physical
realism).


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