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  Re: Recommendations on creating a spotlight with a visible cone  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 29 Aug 2019 02:18:03
Message: <5d676e1b$1@news.povray.org>
Op 28/08/2019 om 23:52 schreef Bald Eagle:
> 
> "Steve Anger" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> 
>> That worked great. Thanks! There seems to be a bug in the media code that
>> produced random bright pixels when reflective objects are used. The reflections
>> were not that important to the scene so I removed them.
> 
> Well, it's media, which can be pretty complex to implement, and harder to debug.
> Could be a bug, could be just one of those things....
> But glad to hear that was just what you needed.

I have been pondering this issue. Might be too few samples in the media. 
Try increasing them. Also, it might be worthwhile to experiment with 
UberPov in this particular case.

> 
>> It's been "many" years since I've worked with POV-Ray. I'm enjoying discovering
>> all the new features.
> 
> Yeah - it's taken me a while to work through it all, and honestly, there's SO
> much, that you just have to keep cycling through it all, otherwise you just
> forget that there's even Feature X or Macro Y or Include file Z....
> 
> Friedrich Lohmueller [RIP] and Mike Williams' website are staples in my
> reference collections, as are the drop-down Insert menu.
> 
> Hope your scenes are working out and giving you good results   :)
> 
> - Bill
> 

seconded.

-- 
Thomas


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