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Brian Bradley · March 21st, 2008

Nothing wrong with your understanding. If you make significant
alterations to your meshes in both VR and MR you would want
to recalc your IR or PM. But with radiosity, if you change say the
base number of segments in a box, then the solution becomes
invalid because radiosity IS geometry dependant, the lighting
info is stored at Mesh level! This is not so with photon or
irradiance mapping.

regards
Bri

March 21st, 2008	#6 (permalink)
Brian Bradley Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Greater Manchester Age: 43 Posts: 425 Name: Brian Bradley	Re: Photo Maps Nothing wrong with your understanding. If you make significant alterations to your meshes in both VR and MR you would want to recalc your IR or PM. But with radiosity, if you change say the base number of segments in a box, then the solution becomes invalid because radiosity IS geometry dependant, the lighting info is stored at Mesh level! This is not so with photon or irradiance mapping. regards Bri __________________ 3Ds Max - Mental Ray - VRay - Brazil Training Modules www.mentalboutmax.co.uk The MBM Blog www.mentalboutmax.blogspot.com Vray Learning Resource www.vrayelite.com Last edited by Brian Bradley; March 21st, 2008 at 11:52 AM.