In article <388CFA43.D8586A75@aol.com>, "SamuelT." <STB### [at] aolcom> 
wrote:

> It seems a lot like blurred reflection; is it just as slow?

Yes. I actually just copied over some of the blurred reflection code 
into Refract() and made some very slight modifications, I didn't 
actually write much.
I have gotten started on a new transparence patch, the syntax might 
eventually be like this:
finish {
    transparence {
        transparence_blur AMOUNT
        blur_samples SAMPLES
        filter_pigment {PIGMENT}
        transmit_pigment {PIGMENT}
    }
}
I will release the code when I have the blur done, I will then make an 
attempt at the filter_pigment and transmit_pigment. Those last two will 
simply allow you to specify a color for the filter or transmit by using 
a pigment. It might take a while, though, I have to re-learn much of the 
lighting code, and account for dispersion, photons, etc.(it is based on 
MegaPOV 0.3, and there are a lot of changes from the official version)

-- 
Chris Huff
e-mail: chr### [at] yahoocom
Web page: http://chrishuff.dhs.org/

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