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24 May 2024 16:11:14 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Disable radiosity render stages?  
From: JimT
Date: 12 Jun 2019 08:50:00
Message: <web.5d00f4c6d8e71a88be7517870@news.povray.org>
Mike Horvath <mik### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> When radiosity is enabled, there are multiple passes in a render, with
> each pass rendering smaller and smaller boxes until it reaches 1x1 pixels.
>
> Can this be disabled so that I can go straight to the final pass?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Michael

I think not. The implementation of radiosity is iterative, the coarse passes
providing surface colours in the scene to allow the next approximation to give a
better stab at self illumination.

However, there are those who know far more about about radiosity than I.

Thanks,

JimT.


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