Hello,

Transparency: you see perfectly well the shape of the object but more or
less bright, clearly (sorry but english is not my language so I cannot
always say exactly what I think :)). This is like sunny glasses! this is
transparency but the glasses can be more or less transparent but you
will always see the object perflectly (the shape of the object will be
the same with or without the glasses). A tranparent object just change
the quantity of light you will received (ok if ior != 1 so the shape of
the object is modified, but for this discution suppose ior = 1, because
this is not the purpose here).

Translucency: the light is scattered. For example, imagine a light
behing something which is translucent. So you will see that there are
something luminous behind the object but you cannot tell and see the
shape of the object. Many lamp have something (I don't know the word)
translucent to not see directly the light.

Example: a simple sheet of paper is translucent, not transparent. Glass
(even dark brown glass) is transparent.

I think that translucent object is difficult to do. Any clue?

Thanks

Nieminen Juha wrote:
> 
> Rainer Ludwig <Rai### [at] gmxnet> wrote:
> : thanks for the quick answer, so I expressed myself the wrong way. I'm talking
> : about texture that is translucent, but not transparent, i.e. if there would be
> : a light source behind it one would notice it, without seeing it.
> 
>   Sorry, I didn't understand what do you mean. I'm not sure if I know what's
> the difference between transparency and translucency...
> 
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