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From: MichaelJF
Date: 6 Nov 2012 14:45:01
Message: <web.50996810d78428089a22e2a60@news.povray.org>
Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
> On 5-11-2012 20:13, MichaelJF wrote:
> > No need to blush;-) I only thought that my cheap trick could interest you
> > regarding your former profession.
>
> Oh, absolutely. In fact I have been thinking about the contour line
> possibilities for a long time without getting very far. So, I see great
> possibilities in your technique.

Thanks, I just investigate if exr-pictures can achieve an improvement after
having reached a certain approximation of the landscape with png.

> But with regard of the motion blur proper, I have been thinking about
> how to use the averaging method (to replace the Megapov application)
> without loosing to much (render) time. One thing your comment above made
> me think of was (1) to isolate the moving object from the scene proper,
> (2) animate it to get motion blur on a transparent background and
> average the frames, and finally (3) average the blurred object image
> with the scene image.
>
> While more work than with Megapov, I suppose that it might work, and it
> probably is the technique used originally by Megapov, but then embedded
> into the code.
>
> Thomas

Sounds great, I think, this is the way to go.

Best regards,
Michael


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