Oops, you're right! Well, I just typed the code
for the post, didn't actually check it...

Thanks.

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"Christopher James Huff" <chr### [at] maccom> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> In article <3d5f6ae2@news.povray.org>, "Tim Nikias" <tim### [at] gmxde>
> wrote:
>
> > This should work fine. What it does it average the
> > textures, and since pigment and finish are always the same,
> > those aren't changed, but for every sample POV-Ray
> > calculates a new reflection based on the normal-map,
> > since that one changes for every sample, you get
> > a lot of different reflections, which are averaged.
>
> That will not work. Your code calculates one random vector and uses it
> for every texture sample. All the textures your code averages will be
> identical, it will just make it render slower.
>
> #macro BlurryTexture(Pig, Fin, Norm, BlurSamps, Amt)
>     texture {average
>         texture_map {
>             #local J = 0;
>             #while(J < BlurSamps)
>                 [1 pigment {Pig}
>                     finish {Fin}
>                     normal {Norm
>                         translate <rand(R), rand(R), rand(R)>*Amt
>                     }
>                 ]
>                 #local J = J + 1;
>             #end
>         }
>     }
> #end
>
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