DOS MegaPov 0.4 and photons this time. Only 2 hours now because I used
an overall radial pigment instead of a calculated pigment for each
component in the blob. Despite 800 spheres, "ribs" are still visible.
The colours are as I would have liked in the 56h post.

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"Alf Peake" <alf### [at] peake42freeservecouk> wrote in message
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> DOS MegaPov 0.4 and photons this time. Only 2 hours now because I used
> an overall radial pigment instead of a calculated pigment for each
> component in the blob. Despite 800 spheres, "ribs" are still visible.
> The colours are as I would have liked in the 56h post.

800 individual texture pigments in the other one huh?  No wonder it took so
long.
I'll suggest you try sphere_sweep next time since you are texturing overall
anyway.  Should be fast and ribless.  The black background helps that low max
trace look, maybe that was the intent so that it wasn't obvious.  Difficult to
see how much the texture is dropping out though anyhow, just looks like plenty
of refraction to me.  I think it needs reflection  :-)
I empathize with you, having 500MHz here as well.  Only a 1THz CPU would ever
satisfy me, temporarily.

Bob

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"Bob H." wrote:

> "Alf Peake" <alf### [at] peake42freeservecouk> wrote in message
> news:39f60b52@news.povray.org...
> > DOS MegaPov 0.4 and photons this time. Only 2 hours now because I used
> > an overall radial pigment instead of a calculated pigment for each
> > component in the blob. Despite 800 spheres, "ribs" are still visible.
> > The colours are as I would have liked in the 56h post.
>
> 800 individual texture pigments in the other one huh?  No wonder it took so
> long.
> I'll suggest you try sphere_sweep next time since you are texturing overall
> anyway.  Should be fast and ribless.  The black background helps that low max
> trace look, maybe that was the intent so that it wasn't obvious.  Difficult to
> see how much the texture is dropping out though anyhow, just looks like plenty
> of refraction to me.  I think it needs reflection  :-)
> I empathize with you, having 500MHz here as well.  Only a 1THz CPU would ever
> satisfy me, temporarily.
>
> Bob

Only a 1THz Cpu would satisfy you????   a 1000THz CPU or above would satisfy
me....  i have some files that i still can't run... and that is on a 450 AMD K6-2!

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> I empathize with you, having 500MHz here as well.  Only a 1THz CPU would
ever
> satisfy me, temporarily.

Still 200Mhz here...48Meg RAM. ....sigh.......

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now thats better (and smaller too!)

Rick

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Yes, I'm sorry about that png. My modem runs at around 36k so I also
appreciate small files.

Alf

Rick [Kitty5] <ric### [at] kitty5com> wrote in message
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> now thats better (and smaller too!)
>
> Rick
>
>

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Bob H.
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Ray:> wrote in message news:39f6177a$1@news.povray.org...
> "Alf Peake" <alf### [at] peake42freeservecouk> wrote in message
> news:39f60b52@news.povray.org...
> > DOS MegaPov 0.4 and photons this time. Only 2 hours now because I
used
> > an overall radial pigment instead of a calculated pigment for each
> > component in the blob. Despite 800 spheres, "ribs" are still
visible.
> > The colours are as I would have liked in the 56h post.
>
> 800 individual texture pigments in the other one huh?  No wonder it
took so
> long.

Filter=0.95 didn't help speedwise. It seems to be VERY fussy about
that value.

> I'll suggest you try sphere_sweep next time since you are texturing
overall
> anyway.  Should be fast and ribless.  The black background helps
that low max
> trace look, maybe that was the intent so that it wasn't obvious.
Difficult to

Just wanted to see the caustics in MPov, and wanted a "pretty" pic :)

> see how much the texture is dropping out though anyhow, just looks
like plenty
> of refraction to me.  I think it needs reflection  :-)

Used reflection 0.05 but, yes, it could have been more.

> I empathize with you, having 500MHz here as well.  Only a 1THz CPU
would ever
> satisfy me, temporarily.
>
> Bob
>

Alf

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interesting...

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Alf Peake wrote:
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> DOS MegaPov 0.4 and photons this time. Only 2 hours now because I used
> an overall radial pigment instead of a calculated pigment for each
> component in the blob. Despite 800 spheres, "ribs" are still visible.
> The colours are as I would have liked in the 56h post.

Very nice.

I love this coloured glass texture.

But get rid of that chequered plane !


Tor Olav
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Alf Peake <alf### [at] peake42freeservecouk> wrote in message
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>
>> see how much the texture is dropping out though anyhow, just looks
>> like plenty
>> of refraction to me.  I think it needs reflection  :-)
>
> Used reflection 0.05 but, yes, it could have been more.

Sorry, just checked and see I used finish F_Glass3 from glass.inc
and refraction was 1.5

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