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From: Tim Nikias
Date: 29 Sep 2004 03:25:45
Message: <415a6379@news.povray.org>

SNIP
> with       spacing 0.0002
>       count 10000000
SNIP

Eh, isn't that combination kinda pointless? AFAIK, you use either "spacing"
and POV-Ray figures the amount of photons based on distance to lightsource
or something like that, if you use "count", you're telling POV-Ray to use a
specific amount, which it will divide amongst the lightsources... Their
mutual. Though I might have the technical details wrong, that's the main
point of using spacing vs count.

Ah, just found it: "3.6.3.2.1  Photon Global Settings" in 3.6.1 Docs, read
past the blue values and you'll find: "The number of photons generated can
be set using either the spacing or count keywords: [...]"

Regards,
Tim

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