Re: Refection in the RayShade renderer

[Roger H. <rog...@mi...>]

On 27 Apr, 2007, at 10:49, Jose' Cruanyes wrote:

> We're working to update the rayshade renderer
>
> we'we added support to reflection,
>
> controlled by the standard SpecularControl attribute,
> the effect is pseudo logaritmic,
> a matte surface has a specular control less than 5
> a glossy surface is some where arround 1000
> a mirror is someting above 1000
>
> it works with textures too!!
>
> fire your CVSs
>


Well done! But please can you explain.

With other renderers a specular control of 200 is matt, and a  
specular control of 0.2 is gloss.

Not only are the values bigger, they are also inverted.

Can't we make these compatible with other renderers?


Thanks to you both.

Roger.