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In lugnet.cad.ray, Mike Thorn wrote:
> I'm not calling names...I'm looking for someone who has a Brickshelf
> account under the username "Stinky". Can the person who lays claim to that
> name please contact me? I have a few questions to ask you about the
> radiosity stuff you've done here:
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> http://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=28121
>
> Specifically these renders:
> http://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=289452
> http://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=289453
>
> Or to the raytracing experts out there...what is it about those particular
> radiosity settings that make the results so realistic? What is needed to
> achieve this? I'm familiar with Pov-ray and familiar with the radiosity
> includes that Orion and others posted a while back, but my attempts somehow
> never reached that level of realism. Now I'm looking into creating some
> animations using PoV-Ray and need the best rad settings I can get my hands
> on. I'm willing to write it, but I really have no clue what I should be
> editing. Can someone help me out here?
>
> Thanks so much,
> ~Mike "trying-hard-not-to-sound-like-a-newbie" Thorn
I'm no expert, but I'll take a crack at answering this one.
The radiosity setting allows for diffuse lighting, so instead of simulating one
or more light sources, it simulates ambient light, almost like outdoors.
I have used radiosity for some renders, and it works very nicely.
I can point you to some others who have used it very nicely too, including the
author of the Train Poster, Jeroen de Haan.
Check out these galleries and examples:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=jeroendehaan
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jeroendehaan/TheRoyalTrain/0001test.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=kevindixon
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kevindixon/cad/MOTM/soloflyer.jpg
As for the settings, I believe Jeroen had some on his page,
http://www.digitalbricks.nl/index.html
but it's down at the moment.
From what I can recall, the big difference is in the settings for focal point,
aperture, blur_samples, and variance. Depending on your object, this will take
lots of playing around to get "just right", and even then, I still play around
to see what difference different settings make.
Hope that sheds a little light for you.
Play well.
Tim Strutt
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