"Tim Nikias" <JUSTTHELOWERCASE:timISNOTnikias(at)gmx.netWARE> wrote:
> Some of you might have seen my current WIP, the image currently entitled
> "Windows". I make excessive use of radiosity in that image to get a soft,
> realistic lighting.
>
> Anyways, I've fiddled with some of the images in Paint Shop Pro and noticed
> that some higher contrast does a lot for the image. I'm a sucker for doing
> things right inside POV-Ray, so does anyone have ideas or techniques on how
> to raise the contrast inside POV-Ray?

This might sound like a very "simpleton" suggestion, and perhaps not what
you had
in mind, but from working in Photoshop, I've noticed that raising the
contrast of an image seems to increase the color SATURATION of all the
colors. This could be duplicated in POV, though not quickly, by actually
changing the   pigment {color rgb}   values of each and every OBJECT!!!  A
chore, I know.  In other words, if an object has rgb <1,.5,.5> as a reddish
color, then a more saturated color would be <1,.3,.3>.  Then, of course,
also lower the AMBIENT lighting of each object. The rendered scene might
then *appear* to be of higher contrast. Worth a try?

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