Re: [Visualpython-users] How to print ?

[Ari H. <ahe...@an...>]

On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 05:48:22PM +0100, Markus Gritsch wrote:
> Ari Heitner wrote:
> 
> > PovRay renderings will of course look nicer if you have the patience for
> > them.
> 
> Well, PovRay rendering takes only a few seconds on my slow P200.  Rendering
> VPython scenes is quite fast, because most timeconsuming features in
> rendering (transparency, reflection, area lights for soft shadows,
> radiosity, ...) are not used.
> 
Hm, I guess that's a good point.

Actually on the plate for the second half of this semester is a bunch of new
stuff in VPython. Transparency will be tricky to do due to structural issues
in VPython (transparency in GL requires careful observance of zbuffer and
render-order rules) but textures should be starting to happen in the next
couple of weeks.




Ari