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2 Aug 2024 12:17:57 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Media, Intervals, samples and getting results  
From: George Pantazopoulos
Date: 7 Jan 2005 17:05:00
Message: <web.41df06e4a2bc22c17aa29ee90@news.povray.org>
Mike Raiford <mra### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> Someone care to explain the following from the manual:
>
> "It's usually best to only use one interval with method 3. Too many
> intervals can lead to artefacts, and POV will create more intervals if
> it needs them."
>
> It seems with one interval, I don't get good results. If I up the
> intervals to 5 or 10, it seems to work better, but is slower in general.
>
> Anyone have any clue about the relationship and why the manual asks to
> use only 1 interval?
>
>
> --
> ~Mike

Btw, I think it would be a great idea to put the valuable info learned here
into the new POV-Ray Wiki at http://www.wikipov.org/

(see this thread:
http://news.povray.org/povray.general/thread/%3C41dd4071%40news.povray.org%3E/?mtop=13
)

George


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