Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote:
> Lonnie wrote:
> > My first post in ages.  I had never tried rendering with photons, radiosity,
> > and media at once.  I have a lot left to learn but pleased with my first
> > real try at using these advanced features.  Hope you are too.  Render time:
> > 3 days 11 hours on 2.1 G Athlon, but no real benchmark I was playing DVDs,
> > surfing, etc.
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> Yeah, that's pretty damned nice.  Love the concept and the outcome.  Not
> sure I am willing to dredge up the words for what I think at the moment,
> but this is a tremendously promising direction imho.  It's as if the
> metaphors for describing light have come to life.  Like it has become a
> palpable, liquid thing.  There is the appeal of a star field but in a
> context more capable of surprise...

Thankx for the encouragement.  I did a lot of thumbnail renders and tweaking
before I had the guts to try this.  On my first try we had a major
thunderstorm and the power went down for two hours.  Oh well, I re-wrote
the code.  Whittled three days off the render :0)

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