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12 Aug 2024 05:22:16 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The Tape Machine 40k  
From: Xplo Eristotle
Date: 3 Nov 2003 14:19:01
Message: <3fa6aa25@news.povray.org>
Alf Peake wrote:
>
> Weeks on the brass texture which still doesn't look right.
> Bright sun-light on the left.
> Objects in the room don't show very well despite brass reflection of
> 0.6 but they DO s****up the brass texture.

Shiny metal gets most of its appearance from reflection, not diffuse 
lighting. Try cranking the diffuse down to 0 and slowly increasing it 
from there until it looks good.. also, from what I can see here, you 
need a much stronger specular to simulate the reflection from strong 
sunlight. You might even consider using photons for the reflective caustics.

-Xplo


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