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  Cranial density really annoying!  
From: Alan Walkington
Date: 3 Apr 2003 19:34:07
Message: <3e8cd2ff@news.povray.org>
Somehow my thick mind can't figure out how to use photons properly.  Why
doesn't this object reflect light rays!!!???
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#version 3.5;

#include "colors.inc"
#include "glass.inc"
#include "textures.inc"

global_settings {
// copied right from one of the examples
  assumed_gamma 1
  max_trace_level 25
  photons {
    spacing 0.03
    autostop 0
    jitter 0
  }
}

camera {
  // I want to look at angles, not perspective
  // camera is straight overhead
  orthographic
   location    <0, 50, 0> * .5
   look_at     <0,0,0>
}


light_source { //background lighting
  <0, 30, 0>
  color White *.25
}

box { // fog box
    <10,-5,10>,<-10,5,-10>
    pigment { White filter 1 }
    hollow on
    interior{
        media {
        scattering { 1, rgb 0.03}
        intervals 1
        samples 5
        method 3
        }
    }
}

light_source {  //spotlight
// i'd like to make this a laser
// if I could just figure out how
    0*x
    color Red * 10
    cylinder
    spotlight
    translate <-20,1.0 ,0>
    point_at <0, 1, 0>
    radius .1
    tightness 80
    falloff 6
    photons {
        refraction on
        reflection on
    }
}

box { //mirror
    <1,1,.01>
    <-1,-1,-.01>
    texture {
        Polished_Chrome
        finish {reflection .90}
    }
    scale <1,1,1> *7
    photons {
        target
        reflection on
        refraction off
        collect off
    }
    rotate -y*45
}
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Alan Walkington


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