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7 Aug 2024 09:20:59 EDT (-0400)
  Re: media again (and again)  
From: Mike Raiford
Date: 12 Apr 2006 07:37:32
Message: <443ce67c@news.povray.org>
Bryan Valencia wrote:
> I know I should be able to get this by now, but somehow it's not penetrating
> my brain.
> 
> I have an outdoor night city scene and I have placed spotlights on the
> ground and I want the media to do 2 things.
> 1. show the light being cast upwards through the city
> 2. make the distant buildings less clear.
> 
> There is a lot of radiosity lighting in this image too, which seems to
> complicate things.
> Here is the current thing...  I'm using a very big sphere to contain the
> media.

Try turning off radiosity and working with just the media. Better yet, 
make sure you're using the "hollow" keyword on the containing object.

-- 
~Mike

Things! Billions of them!


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