POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : Rays per pixel : Re: Rays per pixel Server Time
28 Jul 2024 20:34:29 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Rays per pixel  
From: Warp
Date: 22 Feb 2004 07:30:38
Message: <4038a0ee@news.povray.org>
Thorsten Froehlich <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:
> What you are asking for does not make sense: For every supersample taken a
> new ray is shot and followed through the scene.  Thus, the number returned
> by POV-Ray contains all the information that is useful.  You cannot
> determine anything from the number you are asking for.

  I think what he is asking is basically how many times POV-Ray
supersampled. (Well, actually he wants to know how many additional
rays were shot from the camera due to supersampling, but I think
that at least with aa method 1 one can be calculated from the other.)

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