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25 Apr 2024 16:19:59 EDT (-0400)
  Re: overlapping independent media containers objects  
From: clipka
Date: 1 Apr 2017 15:24:36
Message: <58dffe74@news.povray.org>
Am 01.04.2017 um 21:16 schrieb Kenneth:

> Here's another interesting point to consider: Let's say you have several
> concentric spheres as different media containers (each sphere smaller than the
> previous one.) They can all have different media types and density, and they
> *do* mix visually, as Clipka pointed out. But the largest enclosing sphere
> (which is the one that a camera 'ray' sees first) actually sets the number of
> media samples and intervals for the entire group. In other words, if you give
> the largest sphere 50 samples (for example), and the smallest inner sphere 500
> samples, the entire group will be working with only 50 samples. (In my own
> scenes like this, I actually leave out the inner objects' samples and intervals
> altogether, as they will be overridden anyway.)
> 
> I don't know if this situation also applies to the media 'method' as well (for
> example, method 2 vs. method 3, if you happen to use different methods for the
> different overlapping objects.)

It does apply.


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