> I saw POV-Ray only 
> using like 300MB of RAM

I mean 30MB of course; peak was only 50!

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Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:

> > I saw POV-Ray only
> > using like 300MB of RAM
>
> I mean 30MB of course; peak was only 50!

yes, I like the fact that povray is very generous on memory consumption...

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Hi Nicolas,

first of all, thanks a lot for your render time! I appreciate it a lot! And 
yes, i woukld love to get that photon map.

Wanna try a 3200 x 2400 photon map..?

Posting the Image:
sure, if you like, post it. But an image of only 160 x 120 is - emmm - not 
thaaat big. I followed up the advices of some other well-informed POV users, 
and used the following keywords inside the global PHOTON statement:
- count image_width*image_height
- autostop 0.0

Create a 3200 x 2400 photon map, and give a try to those keywords. They work 
wonders! Might be, experimenting with their values might even bring 
different optical results...

I am posting here soon a 800 x 600 version of the picture, but go ahead with 
the smaller result. I would like it.

Best greetings, tons of thanks,

Sven





"Nicolas Alvarez" <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> schrieb im 
Newsbeitrag news:479fe932$1@news.povray.org...

>> I saw POV-Ray only using like 300MB of RAM
>
> I mean 30MB of course; peak was only 50!

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No, Nemesis, not quite. But this way:

"Sven's photon maps, the final frontier. These are the calculations of the 
raytracer POV-Ray. Its five-year renders: To explore strange new crashes. To 
seek out new pictures and new render arts. To boldly go where no render 
program has gone before."

ORIGINAL
Starship Enterprise (Star Trek):
"Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship 
Enterprise. Its five-year mission: To explore strange new worlds. To seek 
out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone
before."

Sven



"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:web.479fe300af2cf505e094060@news.povray.org...
> "Sven Littkowski" <sven [] jamaica-focus [] com> wrote:
>> You passed the crash borderline and are on unknown ground now.
>
> Corageosly going where no other raytracer ever dared...
>
>> That will
>> become the mother of all photon map files!
>
> ah, the 1 GB photon map!
>
>
>

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"to boldly go..."  yes, thanks!  All I ever got from ST was already dubbed to
portuguese...

"These are the calculations of the raytracer POV-Ray"... :)

"Sven Littkowski" <sven [] jamaica-focus [] com> wrote:
> No, Nemesis, not quite. But this way:
>
> "Sven's photon maps, the final frontier. These are the calculations of the
> raytracer POV-Ray. Its five-year renders: To explore strange new crashes. To
> seek out new pictures and new render arts. To boldly go where no render
> program has gone before."
>
> ORIGINAL
> Starship Enterprise (Star Trek):
> "Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship
> Enterprise. Its five-year mission: To explore strange new worlds. To seek
> out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone
> before."
>
> Sven
>
>
>
> "nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:web.479fe300af2cf505e094060@news.povray.org...
> > "Sven Littkowski" <sven [] jamaica-focus [] com> wrote:
> >> You passed the crash borderline and are on unknown ground now.
> >
> > Corageosly going where no other raytracer ever dared...
> >
> >> That will
> >> become the mother of all photon map files!
> >
> > ah, the 1 GB photon map!
> >

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Nicolas, if you want to post the pictureinside the images newsgroup, please 
go ahead! i don't mind it at all! I owe you a lot of thanks!

Remember, I still need the photon map file.

Thanks again,

Sven

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Sven Littkowski escribió:
> Nicolas, if you want to post the pictureinside the images newsgroup, please 
> go ahead! i don't mind it at all! I owe you a lot of thanks!

I rendered a 640x480 too, took a few hours :) Posting it now.

> Remember, I still need the photon map file.

I already sent it to you... Maybe it got filtered?

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Jan Dvorak wrote:
> You might decide to shoot image_width*image_height*some_constant 
> photons. Some_constant==1 might work well but feel free to increase for 
> high quality or decrease for faster render. Use the count keyword and 
> watch POV-ray do its best.

That's a good idea, linking the photon quality to the image resolution. 
  I would assume that if you find a good ratio for a lower resolution, 
it would tend to be a  good ratio for a higher one as well?

-- 
...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com

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nemesis wrote:
> "Sven Littkowski" <sven [] jamaica-focus [] com> wrote:
>> You passed the crash borderline and are on unknown ground now.
> 
> Corageosly going where no other raytracer ever dared...
> 
>> That will
>> become the mother of all photon map files!
> 
> ah, the 1 GB photon map!

Been there, done that, crashed my PC at 2Gb utilized by POV-Ray alone :)

Note to self: 3Gb in your system doesn't get around the fact that most 
XP programs are only able to address 2...

-- 
...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com

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Chambers wrote:

> nemesis wrote:
>> "Sven Littkowski" <sven [] jamaica-focus [] com> wrote:
>>> You passed the crash borderline and are on unknown ground now.
>> 
>> Corageosly going where no other raytracer ever dared...
>> 
>>> That will
>>> become the mother of all photon map files!
>> 
>> ah, the 1 GB photon map!
> 
> Been there, done that, crashed my PC at 2Gb utilized by POV-Ray alone :)
> 
> Note to self: 3Gb in your system doesn't get around the fact that most
> XP programs are only able to address 2...
> 
Addendum to note: Having 8GB in your system doesn't prevent Povray from
still having to use the swap space.
-- 
Ger

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