In article <3A5### [at] unforgettablecom>, 
inq### [at] unforgettablecom wrote:

> As far as I know, using double_illuminate doesn't retain shadows
> that are cast on one side,

Actually, I'm pretty sure it does. It wouldn't be very useful otherwise.


> and I'm not sure whether the blurred transparency patch that someone 
> (Chris Huff?) was working on would simulate this properly,

It wouldn't do this effect.


> and anyway, it's not in the official or MegaPatch versions of 
> POV-Ray.

Actually, it hasn't even been completely written yet...it is mostly a 
bundle of ideas(I *did* have a sort-of-working version, but plan on 
starting again from scratch).


> Maybe blurred transparency with a dense internal media to diffuse 
> light inside the object?

Someone used extremely dense scattering media to do this once...the 
posts are somewhere on these newsgroups.

-- 
Christopher James Huff
Personal: chr### [at] maccom, http://homepage.mac.com/chrishuff/
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