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From: stbenge
Subject: Snowflake SEM (256k jpg)
Date: 30 Dec 2007 00:22:07
Message: <47772aff@news.povray.org>
Hi everyone,

This image was rendered in two passes using POV 3.7b24. The first pass 
uses one area_light with the new area_illuminate keyword. All the 
objects are height_fields. The second pass adjusts the contrast and adds 
the bloom effect. The render time wasn't very high.

Questions and comments are always welcome~

Sam


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From: Jan Dvorak
Subject: Re: Snowflake SEM (256k jpg)
Date: 30 Dec 2007 01:14:55
Message: <4777375f$1@news.povray.org>
stbenge napsal(a):
> Hi everyone,
> 
> This image was rendered in two passes using POV 3.7b24. The first pass 
> uses one area_light with the new area_illuminate keyword. All the 
> objects are height_fields. The second pass adjusts the contrast and adds 
> the bloom effect. The render time wasn't very high.
> 
> Questions and comments are always welcome~
> 
> Sam
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
I hope it will get to mega-pov soon


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From: stbenge
Subject: Re: Snowflake SEM (256k jpg)
Date: 30 Dec 2007 01:22:09
Message: <47773911@news.povray.org>
Jan Dvorak wrote:
> I hope it will get to mega-pov soon

Me too! I'd like to use area_illuminate with other features. Plus a 
multi-threaded MegaPOV sure would be nice.

Sam


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Snowflake SEM (256k jpg)
Date: 30 Dec 2007 04:24:36
Message: <477763d4$1@news.povray.org>
stbenge wrote:
> This image was rendered in two passes using POV 3.7b24. The first pass
> uses one area_light with the new area_illuminate keyword.

  A comparison with a version of the image rendered without using that
keyword would be interesting.

  The smaller the relative size of the area light with respect to the
object, the less effect area_illumination would have. The most prominent
difference can be seen when the area light is very large relative to the
object.
  (What this means in practice is that area_illumination for relatively
small area lights is not very useful and only slows the rendering.)


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From: Jan Dvorak
Subject: Re: Snowflake SEM (256k jpg)
Date: 30 Dec 2007 06:32:04
Message: <477781b4$1@news.povray.org>
Warp napsal(a):
> stbenge wrote:
>> This image was rendered in two passes using POV 3.7b24. The first pass
>> uses one area_light with the new area_illuminate keyword.
> 
>   A comparison with a version of the image rendered without using that
> keyword would be interesting.
> 
>   The smaller the relative size of the area light with respect to the
> object, the less effect area_illumination would have. The most prominent
> difference can be seen when the area light is very large relative to the
> object.
>   (What this means in practice is that area_illumination for relatively
> small area lights is not very useful and only slows the rendering.)
An example of area_illumination is a sky_cube out of 5 area_lights for 
ambient_occlusion (sorry for the underscores)


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From: stbenge
Subject: Re: Snowflake SEM (2 jpgs - 292k total)
Date: 30 Dec 2007 18:07:57
Message: <477824cd@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> stbenge wrote:
>> This image was rendered in two passes using POV 3.7b24. The first pass
>> uses one area_light with the new area_illuminate keyword.
> 
>   A comparison with a version of the image rendered without using that
> keyword would be interesting.

Okay, I've attached two jpegs. 'flake_SEM1_16' uses a standard 
area_light and took 1m 16s to render. 'flake_SEM1_20' uses an 
area_illuminate flag and took 1m 20s to render. They both use all the 
same render settings, but the area_illuminate scene looks darker for the 
obvious reasons. These images were not post-processed in any way.

I hope this was helpful.

Sam


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From: stbenge
Subject: Re: Snowflake SEM (256k jpg)
Date: 30 Dec 2007 18:47:06
Message: <47782dfa@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> stbenge wrote:
>> This image was rendered in two passes using POV 3.7b24. The first pass
>> uses one area_light with the new area_illuminate keyword.
> 
>   A comparison with a version of the image rendered without using that
> keyword would be interesting.

Argh! Thunderbird is being a real beast today. I can't even reply to my 
own message, or post more than one image at a time.

Here's the second image with area_illuminate....

Sam


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From: Jan Dvorak
Subject: Re: Snowflake SEM (256k jpg)
Date: 31 Dec 2007 04:27:43
Message: <4778b60f$1@news.povray.org>
stbenge napsal(a):
> Warp wrote:
>> stbenge wrote:
>>> This image was rendered in two passes using POV 3.7b24. The first pass
>>> uses one area_light with the new area_illuminate keyword.
>>
>>   A comparison with a version of the image rendered without using that
>> keyword would be interesting.
> 
> Argh! Thunderbird is being a real beast today. I can't even reply to my 
> own message, or post more than one image at a time.
> 
> Here's the second image with area_illuminate....
> 
> Sam
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
You posted both in the previous thread.


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From: Jan Dvorak
Subject: Re: Snowflake SEM (256k jpg)
Date: 31 Dec 2007 04:29:09
Message: <4778b665$1@news.povray.org>
Jan Dvorak napsal(a):
> stbenge napsal(a):
>> Warp wrote:
>>> stbenge wrote:
>>>> This image was rendered in two passes using POV 3.7b24. The first pass
>>>> uses one area_light with the new area_illuminate keyword.
>>>
>>>   A comparison with a version of the image rendered without using that
>>> keyword would be interesting.
>>
>> Argh! Thunderbird is being a real beast today. I can't even reply to 
>> my own message, or post more than one image at a time.
>>
>> Here's the second image with area_illuminate....
>>
>> Sam
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
> You posted both in the previous thread.
By the way, I can reply to my own message @Thunderbird 2.0.0.9


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From: alphaQuad
Subject: Re: Snowflake SEM (256k jpg)
Date: 10 Jan 2008 18:00:00
Message: <web.4786a2e16276e51a4ef540640@news.povray.org>
stbenge <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> Jan Dvorak wrote:
> > I hope it will get to mega-pov soon
>
> Me too! I'd like to use area_illuminate with other features. Plus a
> multi-threaded MegaPOV sure would be nice.
>
> Sam

I find "hope" to be very unnecessary and a waste of energy, kind of like no line


Successful compilations waiting for more code (windows):
3.6
3.6 upgraded to 3.61
3.61 patched with motion blur and stereo
megapov

Does this cygwin compile linux and unix programs on windows or just windows
programs in that environment?


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