Interesting...
It gives a very photorealistic effect!

ZK
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Ben Paschke <ben### [at] rspcomau> schreef in berichtnieuws
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> hello there people,
> this idea is nothing new, it's just my first attempt at this particular
> technique in povray (lighting a radiosity scene with an image).
> check out some of the siggraph stuff from the last 3 years - the only
> name i can remember is "fiat lux".
>
> there are no lights in this scene, all 'light' is coming from the sky
> sphere which is mapped with a crappily painted spherical image map of a
> tree scene. the head is a mesh textured white. the head actually has a
> very slight normal on it and with 'normal on' in the radiosity block, it
> seems to break up the low rad samples and blend them out a little.
>
> the next animation in this thread is exactly the same but with an
> enironment map from pixar's "geri's game", found in the "advanced
> renderman companion" book.
>
> many thanks to all intrepid povray radiosity adventurers on these great
> lists!
> -bep

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