POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : 2-pass photons : Re: 2-pass photons Server Time
28 Jul 2024 16:23:43 EDT (-0400)
  Re: 2-pass photons  
From: Andrew
Date: 9 Nov 2004 15:59:14
Message: <41912fa2$1@news.povray.org>
"Mike Thorn" <mik### [at] realitycheckmultimediacom> wrote in 
message news:41911e3a$1@news.povray.org...
> Is it possible to run photons in two passes, similar to 
> the handy method used for 2-pass radiosity?
>
> I'm just wondering if I'm going to have to run photons 
> again for a highres version of my scene, or whether I can 
> just load up the photon map I've saved at the small 
> resolution.



Yes, it's possible.

See section 3.5.3.2.1  "Photon Global Settings" in the 
manual, specifically the save_file and load_file keywords.


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