POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : media ?s : Re: media ?s Server Time
5 Sep 2024 14:22:31 EDT (-0400)
  Re: media ?s  
From: Margus Ramst
Date: 2 Jun 2001 18:21:47
Message: <3b1966fb$1@news.povray.org>
"Ron Parker" <ron### [at] povrayorg> wrote:

> 
> Interestingly enough, that turns into an argument for the notion that POV
> should scale the density factor with the object whenever it would scale
> the density pattern with the object, because while you could get the
> current behavior by scaling the object before the interior statement in a
> world where scale affected the factor, you can't get the behavior you
> described at all in the current model.
> 
> I think the change could be implemented, but I also think it would require
> some pretty big changes in the media code.
> 

Hmm...
That would mean anisotropic absorption/emission, right?
It would be an interesting option to have, certainly. But frankly I'm not
sure if I'd want it as the default behaviour.

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Margus Ramst

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