> Yes, no radiosity was used for this picture. No photons where shot. This
> preview rendering as you see it there (except that I converted it to gif)
> took 8 hours and 45 minutes on my athlon 1800+ system! Even though it is
> really small (only 512*384 pixel)! I guess, that it will take much longer
> with radiosity and photons...

Well, photons only make sense if you need actual light reflection or
refraction. To avoid radiosity, why not google a little about three point
lighting? Two shadowless lightsources with lower values than your average
lightsource with shadows might do a good enough job to get rid of that
utterly black areas. You'd also have some control that way.

Regards,
Tim

PS: I'm in a haste, otherwise I'd elaborate a little more on the lighting
technique. Perhaps a fellow Pover might come to my aid... :-)

-- 
"Tim Nikias v2.0"
Homepage: <http://www.nolights.de>

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