"triple_r" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> "Matija" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I am trying to make a surface composed of a multilayer. I have made an array of
> > bowls and I would like the light from the bottom of the bowls to reflect yellow
> > and the light at the sides to reflect blue, as the light incident on the bottom
> > hits at a normal angle and the light on the sides at 45 degrees. I have gotten
> > some decent result with irid (Iridescence), but not quite correct.
>
> I'm probably way off, so perhaps you shouldn't listen to me, but are you just
> describing the angle of incidence pattern?  I can't find it in POV-Ray, but I
> know the aoi pattern is in MegaPOV.  If you had a physical model, you could
> tabulate properties by angle to get the blue/yellow transition.  Of course this
> approach isn't necessarily physically-based, but it sounds similar to what
> you're after.
>
>  - Ricky

I think this is what I'd need. I will look into MegaPOV. Thanks!

BTW just to illustrate better - this is what I am basing the bowl on:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v404/n6777/fig_tab/404457a0_F1.html#figure-title

Matija

Post a reply to this message