Hi
Some time ago I saw a scene rendered with Brazil (original by Alejandro
Gonzalez) and tried to do the same with MegaPov. Now I converted it to
Pov3.5 and noticed how much the radiosity in MegaPov and Pov3.5 differ. They
are actually so different that I had to start from the default rad settings
and after a million test I've got this far.
Reflections too bright? More count, but what else? Any suggestions?
Nice replication. The Brazil render has more then three spheres. You can
see a fourth reflected in the blue sphere. It looks as though there is a
blue light source coming from the left as well. That might lighten up the
shadows in the center in addition to a higher count. I do like the higher
contrast of your picture though.
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> Hi>> Some time ago I saw a scene rendered with Brazil (original by Alejandro> Gonzalez) and tried to do the same with MegaPov. Now I converted it to> Pov3.5 and noticed how much the radiosity in MegaPov and Pov3.5 differ.
They
> are actually so different that I had to start from the default rad
settings
> and after a million test I've got this far.>> Reflections too bright? More count, but what else? Any suggestions?>>>
"Skip Talbot" <sta### [at] uiucedu> wrote in message
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> Nice replication. The Brazil render has more then three spheres. You can> see a fourth reflected in the blue sphere.
Thanks. Look closer :)
> It looks as though there is a blue light source coming from the left as> well. That might lighten up the shadows in the center in addition to a> higher count. I do like the higher contrast of your picture though.
Hmm.. I'm not sure if I want to add lights to the scene. I'll see what it
looks like.
Ari-Matti
Ah I see it now. If you dim the reflections though you might lose the
reflection of that off camera sphere entirely. Perhaps more diffuse
lighting and less from the main light source?
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>> "Skip Talbot" <sta### [at] uiucedu> wrote in message> news:3bf410aa$1@news.povray.org...>> > Nice replication. The Brazil render has more then three spheres. You
can
> > see a fourth reflected in the blue sphere.> Thanks. Look closer :)>> > It looks as though there is a blue light source coming from the left as> > well. That might lighten up the shadows in the center in addition to a> > higher count. I do like the higher contrast of your picture though.> Hmm.. I'm not sure if I want to add lights to the scene. I'll see what it> looks like.>> Ari-Matti>>>>>>
> > Reflections too bright? More count, but what else? Any suggestions?
I haven't seen the original image, but you might try using variable
reflection for the balls; I think it would be more realistic than the
mirror-like reflection they exhibit at present.
-Xplo
"Skip Talbot" <sta### [at] uiucedu> wrote in message
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> Ah I see it now. If you dim the reflections though you might lose> the reflection of that off camera sphere entirely. Perhaps more> diffuse lighting and less from the main light source?
I increased the diffuse values and redused the ambient value of the sky and
it looks better. Thanks for the tip.
Ari-Matti
"Xplo Eristotle" <inq### [at] unforgettablecom> wrote in message
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> I haven't seen the original image, but you might try using> variable reflection for the balls; I think it would be more> realistic than the mirror-like reflection they exhibit at> present.
That's true, but the render time goes through the roof with variable
reflections. After 11 hours still in pretrace stage.. :-(
Ari-Matti
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