POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Backlight : Re: Backlight Server Time
31 Jul 2024 16:28:08 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Backlight  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 30 Jul 2009 05:33:44
Message: <4a7168f8$1@news.povray.org>
"clipka" <nomail@nomail> schreef in bericht 
news:web.4a71339a7f799d0174340c00@news.povray.org...
>A room with curtains and other semi-transparent thingumajigs illuminated 
>from
> behind.
>
> This shot uses some brand-new experimental POV-Ray 3.7 beta code, in an 
> attempt
> to show off, interacting with photons and high-depth radiosity (4 
> recursions,
> though 2 would have sufficed). No media involved whatsoever.
>
> 50 minutes total render time on a Core i7 2.7GHz Quad system, mostly due 
> to
> radiosity and photons.
>
> The POV-Ray patch allows surfaces to pick up illumination from the back 
> side,
> similar to the "double_illuminate" feature, but capable of
> interoperating with photons and radiosity, as well as allowing to control 
> the
> effect's intensity.


That looks really good indeed! Excellent work.

Thomas


Post a reply to this message

Copyright 2003-2023 Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd.