yes I have 3.5, thats exactly what I wanted, a working example.
I have been reading about radiosity lately, and doing different things with
it, I just hadn't seen anything like this yet. thanks!!

Gary

Simon Adameit <gom### [at] gmxde> wrote in message
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>
> > I think the blue is good the way it is. could you post an examle of
> > the code for how you aplied the ambient and radiosity?
> >
> If you don't have 3.5 I can't help you.
> I suggest that you first read the docs about radiosity and then play a bit
> with the settings to get a feeling of how it works. You should also take a
> look at rad_def.inc
> This is just thrown together in a minute, don't expect very good settings.
>
> global_settings {
>   assumed_gamma 1
>   radiosity {
>     pretrace_start 0.04           // start pretrace at this size
>     pretrace_end   0.02           // end pretrace at this size
>     count 200                      // higher -> higher quality (1..1600)
> [35]
>     nearest_count 5               // higher -> higher quality (1..10) [5]
>     error_bound 0.1               // higher -> smoother, less accurate
[1.8]
>     recursion_limit 2             // how much interreflections are
> calculated (1..5+)
>
>     low_error_factor .5           // reduce error_bound during last
pretrace
> step
>     gray_threshold 0.0            // increase for weakening colors (0..1)
> [0]
>     minimum_reuse 0.015           // reuse of old radiosity samples
[0.015]
>     brightness 1                  // brightness of radiosity effects
(0..1)
> [1]
>
>     adc_bailout 0.01/2     /*
>     normal on                   // take surface normals into account [off]
>     media on                    // take media into account [off]
>     save_file "file_name"       // save radiosity data
>     load_file "file_name"       // load saved radiosity data
>     always_sample off           // turn sampling in final trace off [on]
>     max_sample 1.0              // maximum brightness of samples */
>   }
> }
>
> camera{
>   location <0,5,-4>
>   sky <0.5,0,1>
>   direction <0,0,1>
>   right x*image_width/image_height
>   up y
>   angle 60
>   look_at <0,0,0>}
>
> sphere{<1,1,-1.5>,1
>   pigment{rgb 1}
>   finish{ambient 0 diffuse 1}}
>
> plane{y,0
>   pigment{checker rgb 0.8,1}
>   finish{diffuse 1 ambient 0}}
>
> box{<-2,0,-1><2,3,1>
>   pigment{red 1}
>   finish{ambient 2}}
>
>

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