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4 Oct 2024 11:18:16 EDT (-0400)
  Re: just an idea for photon  
From: Noam Lewis
Date: 29 Mar 1999 06:23:39
Message: <36FF54B6.356A57C1@netvision.net.il>
Thanks

Bob Hughes wrote:

> Strange, I would have expected a dozen replies to your suggestion by
> now.
> You can get the POV Win 3.1 uvpov.exe (photon patch) already.
>
>  http://nathan.kopp.com/patched.htm  UVPOV4 is the name.
>
> Noam Lewis wrote:
> >
> > Although I don't have the photon patch, I have an idea for all those
> > that do:
> >
> > 1. Someone think up a nice animation with lots of caustics.
> > 2. That someone tests it in low resolution and without photons
> > 3. Devide this animation between all those who HAVE the photon patch,
> > each one decides how many frames he wants and which ones
> > 4. RENDER!
> > 5. Each one sends his frames (with loss-less compress, such as ZIP) to
> > one guy
> > 6. That guy fixes up the final animation and posts it here.
> >
> > As individual images take dozens of hours to render, maybe the division
> > should be by lines pre picture and not by frame (for example, one guy
> > does lines 54-302 in some frame)
> >
> > Anyway, just an idea, tho it would be nice!
> > And about the patch, If anyone has patched Povray for Windows 3.1 with
> > photon mapping, please inform me! i have no intention of doing it
> > myself...laziness *sigh* ;)
> >
> > ME
>
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