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Mental Ray

global illumination

Uses light photons to create the effect of light bouncing off objects and illuminating others, as light does in the real world, to produce highly realistic lighting effects.

Global Illumination: Setup without global illumination active Global Illumination: Demonstrating the placement and effect of the photons Global Illumination: Increasing the number of photons Global Illumination: Increasing the number of photons Global Illumination: Softening the effect with Final Gathering Global Illumination: Lessening the light intensity Global Illumination: Low light intenisty by higher photon intensity Global Illumination: Low light intenisty by higher photon intensity Global Illumination: Light intensity turned off

the one ring

Using caustics to create the precise reflections inside a gold ring.

Ring with Caustics turned off Applying Caustics to the light Adjusting the values to produce different effects

Absinthe

Using caustics to refract the light passing through a glass, illuminating the cocktail and its shadow.

Cocktail with Caustics turned off Applying Caustics to the light Adjusting the values to produce different effects in the liquid and its shadow