[Radiance-general] Overture calculation

[Randolph M. Fritz]

On 2011-08-09 01:56:55 -0700, Lars O. Grobe said:

>> 
>> So, I need an overture calculation. I think the easiest way to ensure a
>> fairly complete ambient file is to generate small images. I could do six
>> orthographics at maybe 200 pixels long-ways, or a trace a more
>> comprehensive grid, or ... Any suggestions?
> 
> In general, it is the best to use the same view settings for the
> ouverture calculation as you will use later for the renderings. You want
> a refined ambient cache for areas which are actually of importance for
> your final renderings, so it does not make sense to first create
> detailes ambient data for the whole scene, if you want to render only
> one image later. If you are targeting at creating an animation, just
> skip frames and render a low-res of every 10th or so.

Thanks, Lars.  That helps.
-- 
Randolph