clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Am 09.03.2011 17:09, schrieb nemesis:
> The multipass approach
> has its limitations; for instance. AO breaks down for indoor scenes.

Only because its not true AO, just radiosity under an overcast sky. ;)

> When it comes to CG movies, a multipass approach is no doubt a crucial
> timesaver, and the action hides the flaws rather easily; but for stills
> I'm sure it's not a cure-all.

It's used in a bunch of radiosity HOF scenes to handle reflections without using
exponentially increased rendertimes and more radiosity artifacts (at least for
older radiosity)...

Also, it's not like as if povray wants to be a physically-based unbiased and
slow raytracer, is it?

> > So, how about a multipass switch for povray, devs?  I mean, sure there's the
> > quality switches going from 1 (plain constant ambient light) to 9 (full with
> > radiosity), but the numbers going higher only add more effects, don't isolate
> > them from one another.
>
> This thread already spawned some background process in my brain :-) (Of
> course don't expect any such thing to appear in the very next release -
> I'm not /that/ fast :-P)

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQzbNX5-6wP4pyz32VitjtJt10WM47OzdGTJdqUcTiNIYpGCb83AA

>
> > I know it's a postprocess to combine the results and it
> > is outside the scope of a raytracer,
>
> I wouldn't really consider that postprocessing.

Better yet. :)

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