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From: clipka
Date: 27 Feb 2017 12:09:09
Message: <58b45d35$1@news.povray.org>

Am 27.02.2017 um 16:21 schrieb Fudz4:

> Thanks for the reply, yo said that photons are 'stored' at the location they
> land, is there a way to collect that data? I am tasked with using a machine
> learning algorithm to estimate the light density for example.

There used to be a mechanism for saving photon data, for re-use in
subsequent renders. Search for "save_file" and "load_file" photon settings.

I'm afraid this mechanism is still dysfunctional in POV-Ray 3.7.x, so
you may have to fall back to 3.6 instead.

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