Jonathan Rafael Ghiglia wrote:
> 

> I made a candle lit with an emission media.
> When the background is black the flames look right, but as soon as I
> add the candle to my scene the fire looks too clear, even if I
> increase the amount of emission. What should I do?
> Should I add absorption or scattering media to the fire ?
	The easiest solution (at least if you're using unix) is to download
mPov and use emission mehtod 2. The not-so-easy solution is to add an
absorbing media, see the mPov page for an example of this method (and an
explanation of why emission method 2 is better).

	The mPov page:
http://www.enst.fr/~jberger/mpov/mpov.html


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