Scanline just follows the objects surfaces without tying them in with simulated
light rays, at least that's my understanding.  Bah! Why try and explain what I
don't know.
Check out these web pages:

http://www.3dgate.com/techniques/000424/0424rendering1.html

http://www.geocities.com/jamisbuck/raytracing.html    A familiar name.  Tells
about raytracing though.


Bob H.

"Josh English" <eng### [at] spiritonecom> wrote in message
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> I feel kind of silly asking this, so I'll ask it here. I've been ray
> tracing for at least six years with POV-Ray, and I keep hearing about
> scanline rendering, and I'm wondering what the diference is between ray
> tracing and scan-line. I'm sure its something simple but the explanation
> escapes me. Can someone throw me a hint or link or something?

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