Alex wrote:
> 
> >
> >Have you actually ever tried using the 48 bit color output generated by
> >POV-Ray?
> 
> Yes. It is perfectly fine, unless I want to generate an HDRI.

That wasn't my question, it was whether you have actually tried to use
them for whatever purpose you want a HDR-Image for.

> >And HDRI has nothing to do with environment mapping.
> 
> Yes it does. Go out and take a picture in the nearest park (use a pano cam),
> digitalize the image, and use it as an environment for the illumination and
> as an enviro map for those small reflections you want to appear on
> <reflective surfaces> of that beautiful <thing> you modeled and you are
> showcasing in a natural environment.

While HDR-Images can of course be used as environment maps this won't make
environment mapping any more useful in a raytracer.  HDR-Images are
certainly useful for various purposes in POV-Ray and there already is a
patch supplying support for that, but environment mapping certainly isn't
one of them.

Christoph

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