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13 Aug 2024 07:24:39 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Image creation challenge: WinXP backgrounds  
From: Tek
Date: 10 Jun 2003 13:20:27
Message: <3ee6135b$1@news.povray.org>

news:3EE5EDAE.B1093661@tiscalinet.de...
> Impressive... how did you achieve the lit crater rims on the night side?
Whenever
> I try a bumpy sphere, I get a sharp
> terminator cutting through all bump features, and the "night side" is entirely
> dark!

Ah, that is the shadow line artefact. You can find details in section 9.8 of
pov's docs.

For this render I used no_shadow in my object, but for more complex scenes you
can remove the artefact using SlimePOV. http://www.slimeland.com/slimepov/

--
Tek
http://www.evilsuperbrain.com


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