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31 Jul 2024 22:21:34 EDT (-0400)
  Re: media brightness flickers as scale changes  
From: Kenneth
Date: 8 Sep 2006 03:10:01
Message: <web.4501161d671db75953ec07f0@news.povray.org>
"Eric Buddington" <ebu### [at] wesleyanedu> wrote:

> Problem:
> As I zoom in, the atmosphere's brightness flickers, apparently in a sawtooth
> wave (it takes a few frames to get bright and dark again).
>
> Is there some obvious reason why this would happen? When I get rid of the
> atmosphere, I have no flicker, so it's not my light source.
>
> -Eric

Sounds like it might be related to the number of samples (and/or intervals)
in the media. Too low, perhaps? If you have the time for an animation
experiment, try REDUCING the number of samples, to see if the problem gets
worse. (Each image should render a bit more quickly as well.)

Ken W.


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