"m1j" <mik### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> "Trevor G Quayle" <Tin### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> > I got interested in m1j's post about "dome lighting" based on HDRI maps
> >
(http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/thread/%3Cweb.43912795ae23e4252f222b3b0%40news.povray.org%3E/)
> > so I had a try at it (using my own code however, based on a geodesic dome
> > macro I wrote many years ago) with impressive results.
> >
> > HDRI2a.jpg shows a scene using HDRI with radiosity lighting (medium-low
> > quality settings though)
> > HDRI2c.jpg shows the same scene using the dome lighting based on the HDRI
> > (with a threshold limit)
> > the rest use the dome lighting using different HDRI maps.  As a note, each
> > took on average 10mins to render (no AA or rad)
> >
> > -tgq
>
> Here is another one I did.
>

This one took about an hour because of the blured reflection.

My light domes average 100 to 800 lights. Basic scenes render 10 to 20 min.

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