In article <387ba7f6@news.povray.org>, "Jan Walzer" 
<nos### [at] informatikuni-hallede> wrote:

> hmmm ... but am I right, about the rendertime ...
> I've thougt about the last night, and found that therefore the "steps in 
> the
> media" (or how was it called) have to be massivly increased, to get all 
> the
> branches of a high-detailed tree, don't they?
> The standard for this is AFAIK 10 steps, and how can this make a good 
> tree ?

I really think the best use of a density pattern to make a tree or grass 
would be in an isosurface, which is actually slightly similar to media 
in some ways. And their render speed is usually quite tolerable, 
although complex ones with a lot of very small details can be slow.

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Chris Huff
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