On 07/03/2012 11:38 AM, clipka wrote:
> Am 07.03.2012 12:09, schrieb Stephen:
>
>>> subsurface { translucency <0.5,0.2,0.2> }
>>
>> This is the bit that I don't understand.
>> Why did you pick these values? I don't understand why you made the red
>> value larger than the others.
>
> As for the general scale of the translucency parameter, I toyed around
> with it until I found a setting that seemed to convey the right sense of
> scale and material to me. It was just a matter of "this looks to solid"
> vs. "this looks too waxy".
>
> As for the red component, I decided that I wanted thin portions of the
> material to have a somewhat reddish tint, despite of the overall
> greenish appearance. To achieve this, red light needs to travel further
> inside the material than other colors.

Thanks, again.
So it seems that James Holsenback was telling the truth. It is a case of 
suck it and see.

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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