POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : apple : Re: apple Server Time
4 Oct 2024 05:23:11 EDT (-0400)
  Re: apple  
From: Bob Hughes
Date: 27 Apr 1999 23:43:06
Message: <37267581.52C5C3C1@aol.com>
Glad to have been of some help. Hope you get a good image done with that
apple, btw, and can use it for the IRTC or someplace someday.


bankspad wrote:
> 
> You were right. My distance_maximum was too high. It took some playing to
> figure out how to calculate - but worth the effort. Thanks again Mr. Hughes.
> ;-]
> 
> KB-
> 
> bankspad wrote:
> 
> > > Your radiosity info there doesn't help much without knowing what scale
> > > your scene is at. Is the apple 1 unit in radius for example. And what
> > > distance is the camera from it. Both are important factors.
> > > I'm guessing you may have too large a distance_maximum there though. You
> > > might be getting radiosity "illumination" from so much of the
> > > surroundings your apple is awash in it.
> >
> > Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, ok - geez that makes complete sense. When I was reading the
> > docs I didn't realize that these factors were that important, thank you for
> > pointing out that they are. Now I will more accurately figure the
> > distance_maximum and give that a try. Thanks again for your time and
> > insight.  ;-]
> >
> > KB-

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