POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Dome lights : Re: Dome lights Server Time
8 Aug 2024 01:23:21 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Dome lights  
From: Trevor G Quayle
Date: 4 Jan 2006 11:35:00
Message: <web.43bbf8c5e93c309a6c4803960@news.povray.org>
David Brickell <d.b### [at] nospamgmailcom> wrote:
> Wow
>
> I am really impressed with the quality of the images you are producing
> with this technique.  I have been doing a few google searches on
> geodesic dome construction before attempting to code anything myself.
> This is something I definately want to persue though once I have some
> basic understanding.  Its been a while since I coded anything in POV so
> I hope this spurs me on to creating something just as wonderful.
>

Thanks, not sure if its a true geodesic dome, I just created an algorithm
that subdivides a sphere into equal triangles to try to get an even spacing

> Quick question though.  I understand that the brightness of the lights
> is adjusted based on the sample you take from the HDR image.  Do you
> also sample the colour and adjust the light source colour based on this?
>
> Keep up the GREAT work.

Yes, the colour is sampled as well.  So if there is a predominant colour in
the image, it will show up in the lighting

-tgq
>
> Dave.



-tgq


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