hmm, maybe some post-processing of the final image to give it that 'grainy 
photographic quality'? (I don't think you can do this in pov can you?)

I know about the IRTC stuff, but a lot of the images aren't what I would 
consider photoquality. I guess I'll just have to go sorting through the 
image and see what people have done (and mess with radiosity)

thanks for the advice

mar### [at] peakeduee (Margus Ramst) wrote in
<39558E98.A582DAC3@peak.edu.ee>: 

>daishi wrote:
>> 
>> anyone have any tips/pointers/urls/include files or anything to help
>> with photorealistic rendering in pov-ray?
>
>What makes an image appear realistic? Obviously, the objects have to be
>modelled as accurately as possible; but this is not enough. Other very
>important considerations are texturing and lighting - not necessarily in
>that order. The actual methods vary greatly, depending on the type of
>scene. Some scenes are more dependent on advanced lighting (radiosity
>for indoor scenes, reflections and caustics for glass objects and
>polished surfaces, etc), some require complex texturing (e.g. natural
>surfaces like organics and minerals).
>One thing to consider: there is often a difference between what _is_
>realistic and what is _perceived_ as realistic. For example: a common
>complaint about computer-generated images is "too sterile". This
>preconception is so strong that subtly exaggerating the "dirtyness" of
>the scene can in fact increase the apparent realism of an image.
>
>As for pointers: one excellent learning recource is the website of the
>Internet Raytracing Competition (http://www.irtc.org).
>You can find some amazing works there. Many of them have the source
>files available for download (although not all are created in POV-Ray).
>Some also give a detailed description of the creation process.
>

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