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6 Aug 2024 23:22:47 EDT (-0400)
  Re: glossy metallic reflection  
From: Smws
Date: 8 Nov 2006 11:15:01
Message: <web.45520200b8175aeeda53d9e40@news.povray.org>
"Roman Reiner" <lim### [at] gmxde> wrote:
> "Smws" <smw### [at] poboxcom> wrote:
> > I have the most trouble when the blurred surface is concave (as
> > on my spoon) and it reflects itself... or I think that's slowing it down.
>
> Making two copies of your object one with the blurred reflection texture and
> additional no_reflection attribute and the other with a less complicated
> version of the texture (e.g. just plain reflective or at least less
> samples) with no_image and no_shadow usually solves that problem without a
> big loss in picture quality (if any).
>
> Hope that helps!
> Regards Roman

Yes! Helps very much, I will be trying this. You can see the image in
question on p.b.i now, thanks for giving me this idea. Of course it seems
obvious once you point it out...

-Stefan


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