POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Realism Test : Re: Realism Test Server Time
4 Oct 2024 13:09:01 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Realism Test  
From: Alberto Mendoza
Date: 11 Apr 1999 02:30:32
Message: <37103353.C9B62FEF@usb.ve>
Chris Maryan wrote:
> 
> Camera settings are not where realism fails in most images, neither is
> radiosity or lighting. I have followed almost every image posted here
> and in the IRTC and the one thing that always bothers me is textures. If

I agree with you

> you want to improve realism, consider spending time on getting the
> phong/specular highlights, the diffuse and ambient settings right. For
> example, in your image, you might consider playing around with the
> settings to improve the depth shown by the shading, your spheres look
> rather flat. This would probably be best remedied by decreasing the
> ambient. Also consider increasing the brightness of the highlights in
> your textures. Everything else falls into place naturally once you have
> the textures looking right. What you have is an excellent start, keep up
> the good work.

Don't forget brilliance for a very final touch.


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