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2 Sep 2024 10:12:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Help with megapov 0.3 photons  
From: Nathan Kopp
Date: 1 Mar 2000 16:58:59
Message: <38bd92a3$1@news.povray.org>
Psychomek <psy### [at] cyberhighwaynet> wrote...

>    #declare phd=0.01;

Set phd to 0.1 or maybe even 1.0 or higher.  The higher phd you use, the
fewer photons you'll get.  If you've got around 100,000 photons (or even
50,000), you should get fairly good results.  More photons than that is
usually overkill, unless you're rendering at 1240x1024 or higher.

-Nathan


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