Is it considered post-processing and illegal to, after rendering an image
and deciding that something small needs to be changed, change that small bit
and render that small portion then cut-and-paste it onto the "flawed"
original image?  Examples would include a texture on a table leg, halo
properties on a small sun, glass transparency, or anything that doesn't
affect the entire scene (such as a light source -- something that would
affect the entire scene).

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Sure it is illegal! The international POV-POLICE will ram in your door and
take you into prison. A black prison 100 meters under the earth, with not a
single ray of light to trace...

Jokes aside: Do you mean "illegal" in the terms of IRTC or what? Because
otherwise I don't get who would define legal and illegal - other than you
yourself...

Johannes.

Dolan wrote in message <36ccb8e1.0@news.povray.org>...
>Is it considered post-processing and illegal to, after rendering an image
>and deciding that something small needs to be changed, change that small
bit
>and render that small portion then cut-and-paste it onto the "flawed"
>original image?  Examples would include a texture on a table leg, halo
>properties on a small sun, glass transparency, or anything that doesn't
>affect the entire scene (such as a light source -- something that would
>affect the entire scene).
>
>

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I don't know about the IRTC, but this is art. This is self expression. This can
also be time consuming and rerendering an entier 800 by 600 image for a small
section, say 50 by 50, then by all means render the small parts after you fix
them and paste it in.

I look at two things when I see somebody else's work here: 1) The final image
and 2) the final code. If I can render the same code and get the same image (or
close to, given gamma correction diffficulties) then I'm happy with it.

As far as the IRTC goes,you may want to ask in the irtc.general group. They
would know for sure, but I think that if the final image can be rendered from
the final code, I don't think anyone would know unless you told them, as long as
the smaller cut image blends into the rest of it seamlessly.



Dolan wrote:

> Is it considered post-processing and illegal to, after rendering an image
> and deciding that something small needs to be changed, change that small bit
> and render that small portion then cut-and-paste it onto the "flawed"
> original image?  Examples would include a texture on a table leg, halo
> properties on a small sun, glass transparency, or anything that doesn't
> affect the entire scene (such as a light source -- something that would
> affect the entire scene).

--
Josh English
eng### [at] spiritonecom
www.spiritone.com/~english

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Yes, that's what I thought.  Thank you everybody.

One more thing, will anti-alasing render differently on different CPUs like
the randomly generated patterns (i.e. bozo, agate)?  I wouldn't think so,
but I don't seem to have access to more than one computer with PovRay.

Josh English wrote in message <36CD8781.2D9F88A3@spiritone.com>...
>I don't know about the IRTC, but this is art. This is self expression. This
can
>also be time consuming and rerendering an entier 800 by 600 image for a
small
>section, say 50 by 50, then by all means render the small parts after you
fix
>them and paste it in.
>
>I look at two things when I see somebody else's work here: 1) The final
image
>and 2) the final code. If I can render the same code and get the same image
(or
>close to, given gamma correction diffficulties) then I'm happy with it.
>
>As far as the IRTC goes,you may want to ask in the irtc.general group. They
>would know for sure, but I think that if the final image can be rendered
from
>the final code, I don't think anyone would know unless you told them, as
long as
>the smaller cut image blends into the rest of it seamlessly.

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