Zeger Knaepen wrote:
> or in this case: before or after averaging focal blur_samples.
> 
> Image on the left was done with MLPov, and looks the way it should look.
> Clipping is done after averaging, so very bright parts will stand out more. As
> far as I know (and I checked it this weekend, at home), POV-Ray 3.6.1 also does
> it this way, but I don't have it here :) .  Image on the right was done with
> POV-Ray 3.6.0, which apparently did clipping before averaging.  I think the
> differences are obvious, and if you think the image on the right looks more
> realistic, then you really need to look at out-of-focus-but-very-bright objects
> :p
> 
> (Actually, I wanted to show this, because I thought I had 3.6.1 here, and I
> didn't get the desired effect, whereas at home, where I thought I had 3.6.0, I
> did get that effect, so I wanted to ask if they moved the clipping back to where
> it was before 3.6, but then I noticed I had 3.6.0 here, so, uhm, anyway, I
> thought it might be an interesting image :p :))
> 
> cu!
> --
> camera{location-z*3}#macro G(b,e)b+(e-b)*(C/50)#end#macro L(b,e,k,l)#local C=0
> ;#while(C<50)sphere{G(b,e),.1pigment{rgb G(k,l)}finish{ambient 1}}#local C=C+1
> ;#end#end L(y-x,y,x,x+y)L(y,-x-y,x+y,y)L(-x-y,-y,y,y+z)L(-y,y,y+z,x+y)L(0,x+y,
> <.5,1,.5>,x)L(0,x-y,<.5,1,.5>,x)   // ZK AKA Gaeriel http://www.povplace.be.tf
> 
> 
> 

Just tried 3.6.1 here and, yes, it does handle bright colors properly in 
3.6.1

-- 
~Mike

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