It's amazing alright. How'd you manage the light reflection? I didn't
know this was part of it. The parallel rays/parabolic mirror thing is
possible then huh? And again that render time is extra-ordinary. I'll
pay no attention to the memory used.


Nathan Kopp wrote:
> 
> Someone requested an update on the photon mapping patch.  Here's a pic.  :)
> 
> Here we see three lenses lit by three light sources.  The middle lens
> has photon mapping turned off (the default), so it casts normal filtered
> shadows just like any other object.  If you look on the blue box, you'll
> see light reflected from the bronze box.  There's also some light reflected
> from the bronze box that goes through the lens nearest to the camera.
> 
> Image stats:
> size: 320x240
> aa: 0.3
> render time: 3:25
> number of photons: 67,968
> peak memory used: 3,004,062
> 
> -Nathan
> 
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>  [Image]

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