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Hi! I need some help with POV-RAY, L3P, (etc.). I'm trying to ray-trace this DAT file ("(URL) with a change in the lighting. I want there to be a "glow" (a light?) from within the "gem" atop the staff (i.e., the 1x1 Cone), and light from the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) I was pretty disappointed to discover that light sources don't cut it, not in the POV-Ray world. What you need to do is set those pieces' colors to have a high ambience, like 3. For example, say in your POV file you have the following color (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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Franklin W. Cain skrev i meddelandet ... (...) (This (more or less) has already been posted in the thread 'lit truck raytrace wallpaper...' in connection with headlights) Don't try to put lights inside other pieces, edit the .POV file instead, and (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Actually, creating a light_source which includes a looks_like { mypiece } works pretty well. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Well, I don't know how helpful this is -- and I did have to add the lights manually in the .pov file -- but the raytraced images shown here... (URL) a POV point-source light rather than actually coloring any elements. It's wicked slow to (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Wow, thanks. I'll play with it a bit... Say, does anyone know if there's any kind of FAQ or tutorial or even a *book* in print for POV 3.1? Everything I'm coming across is for 3.0, which isn't very helpful in terms of the media stuff... (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) The help files included with POV are pretty good. Of course you can also check www.povray.org. I have a book called "Ray Trace Creations" that I bought in a book store, which is about one inch thick and deals exclusively with POV. -Chuck (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Actually, the help files with POV suck rocks -- you're railroaded through the tutorial, and it severely lacks in many areas. And the resources listed on www.povray.org deal almost exclusively for pre-3.1 versions. (...) Is it current? Does it (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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