POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unofficial.patches : Background or sky_sphere and radiosity : Re: Background or sky_sphere and radiosity Server Time
1 Sep 2024 14:33:27 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Background or sky_sphere and radiosity  
From: Chris Huff
Date: 17 Mar 2001 10:24:35
Message: <chrishuff-EEB0F5.10190417032001@news.povray.org>
In article <9ld6bt8jcrucpgh9559ir77rskus3fnb75@4ax.com>, Peter Popov 
<pet### [at] vipbg> wrote:

> For your sky, try using a large hollow sphere with no_reflection (in
> MegaPOV). This should cause the sphere to be visible by camera rays
> only (i.e. directly). Specify whatever background color you wish and
> it should tint the radiosity accordingly.

I don't think this will work...as far as I know, radiosity samples are 
taken as if they were camera rays, so if it is visible to the camera, it 
is visible to radiosity.

-- 
Christopher James Huff
Personal: chr### [at] maccom, http://homepage.mac.com/chrishuff/
TAG: chr### [at] tagpovrayorg, http://tag.povray.org/

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