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  Re: Annoying problem with a rocket exhaust plume  
From: Christopher James Huff
Date: 6 May 2004 13:44:08
Message: <cjameshuff-466808.12431906052004@news.povray.org>
In article <MPG.1b03857a5484f8cf989693@news.povray.org>,
 Bjorn Jonsson <bjj### [at] mmediais> wrote:

> It doesn't look bad from a distance when silhouetted against a uniform 
> background, e.g. the blackness of space or a nearby planet. Problems 
> start when part of it is silhoutted against a black background and part 
> of it against a brighter background. In that case the part that is 
> silhoutted against the bright background appears brighter:

Rather than using separate absorbing and emitting media, use a single 
media with absorbing and emitting media. In addition, your absorption 
color should be 1 - emission color for the most clear results.

-- 
Christopher James Huff <cja### [at] earthlinknet>
http://home.earthlink.net/~cjameshuff/
POV-Ray TAG: <chr### [at] tagpovrayorg>
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