Eric Freeman wrote:
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> The following 3 pics demonstrate a negative effect that photons are having
> on my scene.
> 
> (Hopefully, in order) the first one has no glass, the second has glass but
> no photons, and the third has both glass and photons.  The pigment for the
> glass was rgbf <1,1,1,1> with your basic glass finish.  The brass is a
> modified "metals.inc" texture.  The problem is with the brass texture on the
> metal pieces inside the glass dome.  Especially the dolphin, which changes
> drastically when photons are used.

I've heard it said by folks at Pixar that one of the reasons PRMan is
scan-line is that it allows them to ditch physical realism when they
want something that isn't physically realistic.  Is it possible that the
preferred effect isn't physically realistic?

Then again, POV-Ray has a precedent for giving people plenty of room to
be physically unrealistic (media).

-Mark Gordon

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