On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 22:19:03 +0100, "JRG" <jrg### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

>Warp wrote:

>> :>  Show us some lightflow images which can't be done in POV-Ray.
>>
>> : I advise "lightflow" searching at povray.binaries.images first :-)
>>
>>   Granted, Lightflow can do pretty impressive things faster than povray
>(ie.
>> if you try to simulate the same image with povray it can take a lot
>longer).
>> However, the same holds in the other direction as well. And I'm pretty
>sure
>> that there are awesome images made with povray which are either impossible
>or
>> extremely slow to do with lightflow.
>>   Besides, AFAIK povray is usually faster than lightflow in many things.
>
>I prefer POV (basically for both its flexibility and general quality), but I
>wouldn't say that POV is faster than Lightflow without any real comparison.
>You must admit that, although simple, these examples and their rendering
>times are quite impressive: http://max3d.3dluvr.com/news.php?n_id=204.
>BTW I must admit that I haven't managed to find a good lightflow gallery
>(with *real* images, not just tests) yet.
A long time ago I did that comparison. I also compared other
raytracers (currently I have used those renderers both for work and
fun:
lightflow/megapov/povman/bmrt/mentalray-softimage/lightwave/renderpark/mcppov/virtualight/brazil/vivid/photorealistic
renderman)

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