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  Re: Radiosity troubles in POV.  
From: mick
Date: 7 Aug 1998 10:39:28
Message: <01bdc208$cb4d2740$a142a8c2@wphnvffu>
Yes Please
Mike Hazelgrove

Nieminen Mika <war### [at] assaricctutfi> wrote in article
<35c9831f.0@news.povray.org>...
> In povray.general Chris Maryan <cma### [at] geocitiescom> wrote:
> : I have recently been experimenting with radiosity in POVRay but have
had
> : no success. I am using Moray to control the radiosity settings in a
> : simple courtyard scene I created to test (based on this image:
> : http://www.lightscape.com/Contest98/az_honor.jpg, but just a bare bones
> : version). My problem is that the radiosity rendering is no different
> : from the raytraced rendering (yes I set POV to radiosity mode). That
is,
> : it does not change any of the areas not lit by direct light, just one
> : big ambient colour mess, I can't make out any details in it, just what
> : would happen if I rendered without radiosity. So what am I doing wrong
> : (Other test renderings of other scenes have similar results)? HELP!!!
> 
>   Radiosity parameters are really dificult to understand. I don't
understand
> them very well. You have to read the povray documentation very carefully
to
> get the right values.
>   I have been playing with radiosity as well, but with much better
results.
> You can check them at http://www.iki.fi/warp/pics/Radiosity_test/
>   I can post the radiosity values of those images if you want.
> 
> -- 
>                                                               - Warp. -
>


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