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  Ignore the previous post.... I change the photon count... (NT)  
From: Chris Purdy
Date: 8 May 2002 12:02:44
Message: <3cd94c24$1@news.povray.org>
"Chris Purdy" <esc### [at] earthlinknet> wrote in message
news:3cd943af$1@news.povray.org...
> Hi all...
>
> I'm modifying my previous "temple" scene... This time I'm putting the
statue
> in front of a large reflecting pool.... When I turn on Photons, It runs
out
> of memory creating the photon maps.  I have 256 Meg Ram and 2Gb swap setup
> (win 2K... i know I know)..
>
> Is there a way to trim the amount of ram needed for the photon
calculations?
> I'm using the default settings from POV-Ray with spacing at 0.01.
>
> Any suggestions?  (except "get more ram" ;) )
>
> - Chris
>
>


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