POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.beta-test.binaries: Unsmooth smooth HF shading

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From: Rune
Subject: Unsmooth smooth HF shading
Date: 26 Nov 2001 15:55:01
Message: <3c02ac25@news.povray.org>

I don't know if this is a bug or a limitation but the shading of
height-fields with abrupt changes is very ugly when smooth shading is turned
on. See attached image. Source code and height-field image are also
attached.

Rune
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Attachments:
Download 'hftest.jpg' (8 KB) Download 'hftest.png' (2 KB) Download 'hftest.pov.txt' (1 KB)

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Preview of image 'hftest.png'

From: Rune
Subject: Re: Unsmooth smooth HF shading
Date: 26 Nov 2001 15:58:16
Message: <3c02ace8$1@news.povray.org>

Forgot to say - using P150 win95 beta 7
and POV-Ray 3.1 behaves the same way.

Rune
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