3 versions of the same pic - 1 plain vanilla, 1 with photons and 1 with fake
caustics. No other param changes between versions.

I was hoping the photon version would give me fingers of light - in theory is
this possible?

I'm going to try again tonight with some changes + radiosity. And yes, I know
all the bloody dolphins are the same.


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B<3)#while(I[B])A[mod(I[B],10)]+#local I[B]=div(I[B],10);#end<-5,-
2,9>#local B=B+1;#end}#end #local A=array[7]{x,x*2,x*4,y,y*2,y*4,z
}light_source{-x*6-z*9,1}mesh{G(105,10,146)G(105,246,10)G(105,56,
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On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 16:40:12 +0100, Tom Melly wrote:
>3 versions of the same pic - 1 plain vanilla, 1 with photons and 1 with fake
>caustics. No other param changes between versions.
>
>I was hoping the photon version would give me fingers of light - in theory is
>this possible?

And displaying it with a lower gamma that's what I see in the photon
version. 

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All the same dolphins look bloody.

That's a strange looking effect on the sea floor in the top version.

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"j charter" <jrc### [at] aolcom> wrote in message
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> All the same dolphins look bloody.
>
> That's a strange looking effect on the sea floor in the top version.
>

I think that's the fake caustics. Fake caustics only show on shadows IIRC...

- Nekar

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Tom Melly wrote:
> 
> 3 versions of the same pic - 1 plain vanilla, 1 with photons and 1 with fake
> caustics. No other param changes between versions.
> 

The photons version looks quite strange with the ripples being very flat.


> I was hoping the photon version would give me fingers of light - in theory is
> this possible?

With media it should be, otherwise you can of course fake it with
looks_like in the light source...

> 
> I'm going to try again tonight with some changes + radiosity. 

Maybe try with some larger scale waves so you can see the caustic
structures more detailed.

Christoph

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"Christoph Hormann" <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote in message
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>
> The photons version looks quite strange with the ripples being very flat.

>

No spacing - used count

 photons{    count 400000    autostop 0    jitter 0.4    media 100  }



> > I was hoping the photon version would give me fingers of light - in theory
is
> > this possible?
>
> With media it should be, otherwise you can of course fake it with
> looks_like in the light source...
>
> >
> > I'm going to try again tonight with some changes + radiosity.
>
> Maybe try with some larger scale waves so you can see the caustic
> structures more detailed.
>

Okay...

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Tom Melly wrote:
> 
> No spacing - used count
> 
>  photons{    count 400000    autostop 0    jitter 0.4    media 100  }
> 

And how large is the area the photons are shot at?

In my water photon scenes i only use photons on a small area of the water,
but for refraction this can of course lead to quite bad results.

Christoph

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