POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Another quickie (14K) : Re: Another quickie (14K) Server Time
19 Aug 2024 20:16:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Another quickie (14K)  
From: Bill DeWitt
Date: 15 Nov 2000 08:06:30
Message: <3a128a56$1@news.povray.org>
"Chris Huff" <chr### [at] maccom> wrote :
>
> >     I have said it before and I will say it again, Glows will do more to
> > change what we do with Pov than anything I can think of...
>
> I don't see why, they don't do anything that can't be done with media or
> tricks with highlights on transparent objects...they are just a bit
> faster.

    They are a -lot- faster, easier to manipulate and get the parameters
right, and usually have a nicer effect with hours less trouble. Therefore
people will use them. I wouldn't feel bad putting a thousand in a scene if
it needed it. If I had to mess with media for that I would find another way
to do the scene.

--
    I admit to not being quick to think like a thief,
    because I am not a democrat and do not have  a
    history of wanting to take from those who earn
    in order to give to those who want.


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