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From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 7 Nov 2012 04:10:20
Message: <509a257c$1@news.povray.org>
On 6-11-2012 21:43, clipka wrote:
> Am 06.11.2012 21:17, schrieb MichaelJF:
>>> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
>>>> (3) average the blurred object image
>>>> with the scene image.
>>
>> Second thought: average the images with the transparent background and
>> layer the
>> result over the original scene only. Otherwise the original scene
>> (background)
>> has a chance to come into the object in motion. Ok, may be only to a
>> small,
>> hardly visible amount...
>
> No, you're perfectly right there: averaging is the wrong operation for
> this job; you do want an overlay operation.
>

Hmm yes. That is true. Not as straightforward as I thought. And if some 
element of the scene partly obscures the moving object both techniques 
won't work correctly. But otherwise an overlay would do.

We still need a megapov-type piece of code in the software.

Thomas


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