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30 Jun 2024 13:01:24 EDT (-0400)
  Re: conserve_energy for iridescence  
From: Mr
Date: 8 Jul 2010 20:10:01
Message: <web.4c3667fa3d358b22a60ce59a0@news.povray.org>
clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Am 08.07.2010 13:22, schrieb Mr:
> > Just an idea, would'nt it be nice to enable the possibility to use the
> > conserve_energy keyword for iridescence, too, as thin film's coating is some
> > kind of reflected light that can't reach the underneath diffuse layer?
> >
> > But maybe it's too negligible to be worth it? or maybe it's already possible but
> > not yet in the irid documentation?
>
> Iridescence is scheduled for demolition and re-construction anyway, as
> the current implementation suffers from an excessively high level of
> bogosity. I'll keep your suggestion in mind.

Thanks. However bogosine it may be, :) the current implementation is already fun
to play with (I'm sure you'll turn it from this to amazing when you get to it,
but there's no hurry)


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