Using Gilles Trans radiosity test file from some time back I started
playing with a light plane instead of a skysphere, so I could simulate
the light coming from different angle in what I hope is "nearly
parallel" instead of all encompassing. The first one is rendered with
the light coming from the left side, the second has the light comming
from the upper right, and the third has lighting fromthe back.

These were rendered on a Mac using MegaPov 0.5, so they will probably be
dark on Windows machines (I know they were on mine.)

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Josh English wrote:
> 
> Using Gilles Trans radiosity test file from some time back I started
> playing with a light plane instead of a skysphere, so I could simulate
> the light coming from different angle in what I hope is "nearly
> parallel" instead of all encompassing. The first one is rendered with
> the light coming from the left side, the second has the light comming
> from the upper right, and the third has lighting fromthe back.
> 
> These were rendered on a Mac using MegaPov 0.5, so they will probably be
> dark on Windows machines (I know they were on mine.)
> 
	Funny: the second one is much brighter than the others...

	The shadows cast on the plane don't look very good, but the light does
indeed appear to be coming from the right direction...


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Yeah. I think it's because of the angle between the light plane and the ground
plane. In the first pic the planes are orthogonal. I like this effect better than
the full skysphere lightsource we've seen.

Josh



> Josh English wrote:
> >
> > Using Gilles Trans radiosity test file from some time back I started
> > playing with a light plane instead of a skysphere, so I could simulate
> > the light coming from different angle in what I hope is "nearly
> > parallel" instead of all encompassing. The first one is rendered with
> > the light coming from the left side, the second has the light comming
> > from the upper right, and the third has lighting fromthe back.
> >
> > These were rendered on a Mac using MegaPov 0.5, so they will probably be
> > dark on Windows machines (I know they were on mine.)
> >
>         Funny: the second one is much brighter than the others...
>
>         The shadows cast on the plane don't look very good, but the light does
> indeed appear to be coming from the right direction...
>

> --

> * Doctor Jekyll had something * mailto:ber### [at] inamecom
> * to Hyde...                  * http://www.enst.fr/~jberger
> *******************************

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Josh English -- Lexiphanic Lethomaniac
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The POV-Ray Cyclopedia http://www.spiritone.com/~english/cyclopedia/

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