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sources corresponding to bright, concentrated regions in |
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the given ambient environment. |
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Any local geometry is ignored in the input octree, which |
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should be derived from a captured light probe. |
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should be derived from a captured light probe and modeled |
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as a distant hemispherical or spherical glow source. |
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The output sources may then be combined with this environment |
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to produce a more efficient scene for rendering, faster and |
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less prone to sampling artifacts. |
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.I \-d |
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option may be used to specify the number of ray samples, which |
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defaults to 262,000. |
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Calculation time is roughly proportional to accuracy, and the |
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default is fine enough to find sources the size of the sun |
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Calculation time is roughly proportional to this setting, and the |
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default is fine enough to resolve sources the size of the sun |
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(half a degree) or larger. |
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.PP |
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The |
