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From: Florian Siegmund
Subject: conserve_energy and fade_color bug
Date: 25 Jan 2012 15:50:01
Message: <web.4f206a7bf0d8df0e221d4ff0@news.povray.org>


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From: Florian Siegmund
Subject: Re: conserve_energy and fade_color bug
Date: 25 Jan 2012 15:55:01
Message: <web.4f206b4278f75b11221d4ff0@news.povray.org>


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: conserve_energy and fade_color bug
Date: 26 Jan 2012 02:56:27
Message: <4f21072b$1@news.povray.org>
On 25-1-2012 21:47, Florian Siegmund wrote:



.....? :-)

Thomas


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: conserve_energy and fade_color bug
Date: 26 Jan 2012 04:50:00
Message: <web.4f2120bc78f75b11d71f8dc90@news.povray.org>
Thomas de Groot <tenDOTlnDOTretniATtoorgedDOTt> wrote:
> On 25-1-2012 21:47, Florian Siegmund wrote:
>
>
>
> .....? :-)
>
> Thomas

Seems to me that he forgot to set ior > 1 in the interior block.


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: conserve_energy and fade_color bug
Date: 26 Jan 2012 07:02:01
Message: <4f2140b9$1@news.povray.org>
On 26-1-2012 10:45, nemesis wrote:
> Seems to me that he forgot to set ior>  1 in the interior block.
>

I don't know, but I prefer some explanations or code about what is wrong...

Thomas


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: conserve_energy and fade_color bug
Date: 26 Jan 2012 12:08:18
Message: <4f218882@news.povray.org>
Thomas de Groot escreveu:
> On 26-1-2012 10:45, nemesis wrote:
>> Seems to me that he forgot to set ior>  1 in the interior block.
>>
> 
> I don't know, but I prefer some explanations or code about what is wrong...

ugh, sorry.  I previously saw the picture from my small smartphone 
screen.  Looking now, it's sure he uses ior > 5.


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From: Florian Siegmund
Subject: Re: conserve_energy and fade_color bug
Date: 26 Jan 2012 15:55:01
Message: <web.4f21bcf978f75b11e04b7a3c0@news.povray.org>
nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Thomas de Groot escreveu:
> > On 26-1-2012 10:45, nemesis wrote:
> >> Seems to me that he forgot to set ior>  1 in the interior block.
> >>
> >
> > I don't know, but I prefer some explanations or code about what is wrong...
>
> ugh, sorry.  I previously saw the picture from my small smartphone
> screen.  Looking now, it's sure he uses ior > 5.

Excuse me for the missing explanation here, but I posted something in the bug
reports group. Ior is 1.41 in both images (I'm not a complete fool though :) ),
but the thing that disturbs me is that conserve_energy does not seem to work
correctly in combination with fade_color. Is this a known issue or has nobody
tried it before? Or is there probably a workaround or something else to achieve
the desired effect?

Regards Florian


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From: Ive
Subject: Re: conserve_energy and fade_color bug
Date: 26 Jan 2012 20:05:27
Message: <4f21f857$1@news.povray.org>
Am 26.01.2012 21:52, schrieb Florian Siegmund:
> Excuse me for the missing explanation here, but I posted something in the bug
> reports group. Ior is 1.41 in both images (I'm not a complete fool though :) ),
> but the thing that disturbs me is that conserve_energy does not seem to work
> correctly in combination with fade_color. Is this a known issue or has nobody
> tried it before? Or is there probably a workaround or something else to achieve
> the desired effect?
>

Well, it would have been helpful to *see* your full material statement 
but anyway for dielectrics like glass something like this has always 
worked for me:


#macro Dielectric (COLOR, IOR, TRANSLUCENCY)
   material {
     texture {
       pigment {rgb COLOR filter 1}
       finish {
         ambient 0  diffuse 0
         reflection {0,1 fresnel on} conserve_energy
       }
     }
     interior {
       ior IOR
       fade_power 1001
       fade_distance TRANSLUCENCY
       fade_color rgb <pow(COLOR.red,3),
		      pow(COLOR.green,3),
		      pow(COLOR.blue,3)>
     }
   }
#end


note that this "fade_power 1001" statement is an old (and really dirty 
as it lacks any logic) hack that is part of POV-Ray since ages to turn 
realistic fade power calculation on.
The value for TRANSLUCENCY depends on your general scene scale and just 
to mention it: make sure your max_trace_level is high enough for all the 
internal bounces.

-Ive


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From: Florian Siegmund
Subject: Re: conserve_energy and fade_color bug
Date: 27 Jan 2012 16:00:01
Message: <web.4f230fa178f75b117f9181390@news.povray.org>
Ive <ive### [at] lilysoftorg> wrote:
>
> Well, it would have been helpful to *see* your full material statement
> but anyway for dielectrics like glass something like this has always
> worked for me:
>
>
> #macro Dielectric (COLOR, IOR, TRANSLUCENCY)
>    material {
>      texture {
>        pigment {rgb COLOR filter 1}
>        finish {
>          ambient 0  diffuse 0
>          reflection {0,1 fresnel on} conserve_energy
>        }
>      }
>      interior {
>        ior IOR
>        fade_power 1001
>        fade_distance TRANSLUCENCY
>        fade_color rgb <pow(COLOR.red,3),
>         pow(COLOR.green,3),
>         pow(COLOR.blue,3)>
>      }
>    }
> #end
>
>
> note that this "fade_power 1001" statement is an old (and really dirty
> as it lacks any logic) hack that is part of POV-Ray since ages to turn
> realistic fade power calculation on.
> The value for TRANSLUCENCY depends on your general scene scale and just
> to mention it: make sure your max_trace_level is high enough for all the
> internal bounces.
>
> -Ive

This is the full material statement I used for the bowl,
max_trace_level = 20 (I already know the trick with "fade_power 1001", thank you
anyway!):

    material {
        texture {
            pigment {color rgbf 1}
            finish {
                ambient 0
                diffuse 0
                reflection {1  fresnel}
                conserve_energy
            }
        }
        interior {
            ior 1.41
            fade_color color rgb <0, 0.15, 0.02>
            fade_power 1001
            fade_distance 1
        }
    }

It's almost similar to the one you posted, the only thing I did differently is
the pigment. I don't want really "colored" glass, rather clear glass like this
one: http://www.indigorenderer.com/materials/materials/1026

I did another render with reduced fade_distance so you can better see what
disturbs my eye..

Regards,

Florian


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From: Florian Siegmund
Subject: Re: conserve_energy and fade_color bug
Date: 29 Jan 2012 11:35:01
Message: <web.4f25746d78f75b117713244c0@news.povray.org>
*absorbing media* are the magic words. Although I'm not sure if it uses a
physically correct distance formula, the material looks better now.

Florian


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