"Simon J. Cambridge" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> I have been trying for ages to get satisfactory results with subsurface (both
> POV 3.7 and Samuel Benge's fastSSS). I imagine I am doing it wrong in some way
> as I can never get the results that I want! So I got to debating with myself as
> to the whichness of the why and tried using Irid instead. After various tests I
> came up with the following, ramping Irid up (2), using low lighting (fade
> distance) and a small thickness (0.05). The results are as you see (but be
> advised these are all very much works in progress!)
>
> One thing of note. It is very much faster than SubSurface. Also, I was wondering
> whether there was any mileage in being able to use a colour component for the
> strength, eg Irid <1, 0.7, 0.5>.

Number two! Just to add that these images are supposed to be 'portraits' though
I have tried this technique in complex environments as well (halls, rooms, etc).

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