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28 Jul 2024 14:22:50 EDT (-0400)
  Re: white spots on *ALL* raytracers  
From: Ken
Date: 30 Jun 2001 10:22:48
Message: <3B3DE08A.BEE0500@pacbell.net>
Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
> 
> Warp:
> >   Are you outputting to PNG? Did you change (ie. update) your png and/or >libz
libraries? If so you should try to compile povray against the new
> 
>   No, it's not the just the output file, it happens with all the
> formats, and even on the display window. It is random, too. Sometimes
> the render crashes, but never at same point. Also, the white spots are
> randomly placed, although they seem to have something to do with
> reflection
> calculations (they do not appear if the scene has no reflective
> finishes).

HAve you verified that the images display the same way within a secondary
image viewing program after rendering the image? Perhaps it has something
to do with the internal POV-Ray display rotines and a compatibility problem
with your video card.

-- 
Ken Tyler - 1400+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/


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