Does MegaPOV take area_light into account while calculating photons?
And if it does, would I be able to read it back in POV-Ray (load_file 
"some-photondata-file") after MegaPOV has stored it on disk (with save_file 
"some-photondata-file")?

If this all is possible, including area_light's circular and reorient 
features, I'd be very happy!

regards
Eli

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Eli wrote:
> Does MegaPOV take area_light into account while calculating photons?

There is no difference between official POV-Ray and MegaPOV in this 
concern.  With both you can optionally include area light sampling in 
the photon mapping.

> And if it does, would I be able to read it back in POV-Ray (load_file 
> "some-photondata-file") after MegaPOV has stored it on disk (with save_file 
> "some-photondata-file")?

There are currently no photon mapping related patches in MegaPOV so you 
can surely use MegaPOV generated photon map files in POV-Ray.  Note 
however that the photon map file format is not portable in general.

Christoph

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MegaPOV with mechanics simulation: http://megapov.inetart.net/

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thanks for the clear and quick answer!

regards



"Christoph Hormann" <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote in message 
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> Eli wrote:
>> Does MegaPOV take area_light into account while calculating photons?
>
> There is no difference between official POV-Ray and MegaPOV in this 
> concern.  With both you can optionally include area light sampling in the 
> photon mapping.
>
>> And if it does, would I be able to read it back in POV-Ray (load_file 
>> "some-photondata-file") after MegaPOV has stored it on disk (with 
>> save_file "some-photondata-file")?
>
> There are currently no photon mapping related patches in MegaPOV so you 
> can surely use MegaPOV generated photon map files in POV-Ray.  Note 
> however that the photon map file format is not portable in general.
>
> Christoph
>
> -- 
> POV-Ray tutorials, include files, Landscape of the week:
> http://www.imagico.de/ (Last updated 31 Oct. 2005)
> MegaPOV with mechanics simulation: http://megapov.inetart.net/

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