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15 Aug 2024 08:16:01 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Photon problems?  
From: earthdog
Date: 10 Jul 2002 17:11:53
Message: <3D2CA322.1060109@NOSPAMevil3d.net>
Slime wrote:
> This is interesting! The problem is definitely too low of a count (or too
> high of a spacing), since you can actually see individual photons. But I
> like how this image shows the distribution of light that a sphere creates
> via reflection and refraction.
> 
> Still, though, that's strange considering that neither the count nor the
> spacing were unreasonable. Perhaps specifying both of them does something
> strange internally?
> 
>  - Slime
> [ http://www.slimeland.com/ ]
> 
> 

I'm not at all sure, in answer to your question.  I traced it again with 
(apparently) ridiculously tight spacing and it still came out quite 
grainy.  I guess I'm not holding my mouth quite right when I hit 'Enter'.

-- earthdog


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