"Trevor G Quayle" <Tin### [at] hotmail com> wrote:
> "Mike Sobers" <sob### [at] mindspring com> wrote:
> > Obviously inspired by recent posts containing superellipsoids and chrome
> > spheres, I decided to do some experimenting. This is my first render using
> > trace(), and I'm not completely happy with the raindrops but it's a start.
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated. I used random numbers for the red
> > textured blocks and sphere placement.
> >
> > Mike
>
> Have you tried 'caustics' with the raindrops? They help to give the bright
> focused spot typically seen. Perhaps also add slight light attenuation to
> the raindrop material (fade_distance, fade_power, fade_colour), but not too
> much.
>
> -tgq
Here it is with caustics and photons on the spheres (barely noticable in
this render). Maybe I should turn the caustics down a bit ...
Mike
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