I've been working on a model ship, and to adequately light the 
mess/recreation deck (which is 18 meters across and 54 meters long) will 
require a lot of light sources.  This test has 72 light sources, almost 
all of which are 2x2 area lights.  I jitter the sub-lights in order to 
smooth the shadows, and it looks okay, but I think that I won't be using 
a fully-detailed model of the ship in every scene.

I know that there are currently many new developments in lighting 
scenes, but this represents how it all works under POV-Ray 3.6.

Regards,
John

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> I've been working on a model ship, and to adequately light the
> mess/recreation deck (which is 18 meters across and 54 meters long) will
> require a lot of light sources. This test has 72 light sources, almost
> all of which are 2x2 area lights. I jitter the sub-lights in order to
> smooth the shadows, and it looks okay, but I think that I won't be using
> a fully-detailed model of the ship in every scene.
>
> I know that there are currently many new developments in lighting
> scenes, but this represents how it all works under POV-Ray 3.6.
>
> Regards,
> John

Nice little reflective droid on a checkered place ;)
Maybe you posted the qrong image here.


Alain

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truly old school:  render is still in 4:3 proportion... ;)

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Nice technique, but just be careful not to lead poor ol' Rusty into the Uncanny
Valley. Certain kinds of realism may detract from the art.

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