Tea-lights is the correct translation. :-)


"Tim Nikias" <tim### [at] gmxde> wrote in message
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> I know, I know, nothing much has changed, but I've
> let POV-Ray render a somewhat "complete draft"
> to check lighting and scene composition in terms
> of bright spots calling for attention.
> I've decided to go back to the beginning and have
> the Worldbowl be the only bright lightsource, but I've
> thought about adding some nice candles (not those tall
> ones, but those tiny cylinder ones, which are cupped in
> those little aluminium shells, they're called "Teelichter"
> here in Germany, but "tea-lights" isn't the correct
> translation, me thinks).
>
> In case some of you think that the image is too dark,
> well, radiosity will probably be used for correct ambient
> lighting, and if those candles make it into the final image,
> they'll shed even more light into the room.
>
> I've decided now to move on and remodel the table and
> its textures, it takes up a lot of space in the image but doesn't
> look too nice.
>
> I'd like if some of you could give me comments on the outside
> clouds. The room itself (due to the angle) is almost completely
> unlit by the moon (at least whats visible in the room), so I can
> raise the lightsources rgb and lower it as I like. I'm wondering
> if the clouds are too bright now, or if I should attenuate them
> even more.
> Also, the former image-map for the moon was changed, with
> less brightness and more contrast. Doesn't look so nice IMHO,
> so I'll remake that one and perhaps just try one with more
> contrast.
>
> Well, sorry for not using Anti-Aliasing or the intended area-lights,
> but the image took forever even without these two, so I guess
> that'll be saved for the final image.
>
> Regards,
> Tim
>
> --
> Tim Nikias
> Homepage: http://www.digitaltwilight.de/no_lights/index.html
> Email: Tim### [at] gmxde
>
>
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