POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Bragging on : Re: Bragging on Server Time
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  Re: Bragging on  
From: "Jérôme M. Berger"
Date: 28 Aug 2010 15:57:20
Message: <4c796a20$1@news.povray.org>
Samuel Benge wrote:
> clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
>> To add to my recent brags, here's focal blur:
>> ...
>> Image #2 shows the same scene rendered with a modified version of beta

>> 38, using the following changes:
>>
>> * Additional samples are not taken randomly from a square, but using a

>> sequence of low-discrepancy points on a disc instead (based on a Halto
n
>> sequence).
> 
> How did I know that was coming? It seems you've a hit major mineral dep
osit, and
> are now pulling up some real gems.
> 
> So what's next? Improved area_light sampling? Are 3D Halton sequences p
ossible,
> and if so, could they be applied to media and possibly even pigment blu
rring?
> 
	Yes, Halton sequences can be used for any dimension. However, you
might also want to look at the Sobol sequences: IIRC they are
supposed to be faster and to be less prone to clustering artifacts
than the Halton sequences.

		Jerome
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