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4 Aug 2024 04:13:04 EDT (-0400)
  Re: surreal organic textures - need some help  
From: Christopher James Huff
Date: 4 Aug 2003 12:04:07
Message: <cjameshuff-55250D.11022704082003@netplex.aussie.org>
In article <3f2bbbb0@news.povray.org>,
 "David Wallace" <dar### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:

> The trick to "glowing" textures is the ambient part of the finish,
> especially with radiosity.  If you load the sample scene "radiosity2.pov"
> that came with POV-Ray and replace one of the object textures with texLight
> or texSkin you will see what I mean.

He mentioned volumetric textures. Ambient is only a surface effect, if 
actual volumetric effects are desired, media is (almost) necessary.

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Christopher James Huff <cja### [at] earthlinknet>
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