Fire Caustics

[B.Y.O.B.]

Another old scene rendered with dispersion.
Just a test render with small resolution for now.

[Piita]

Lovely!

[Asticles]

WOW!!!

[blibli]

nice idea and image indeed

[Sharlybg]

so beautifull so LUX !

[Sharlybg]

I did a test with your blend here are the result :

Bidir/metro :

Path/metro:

Gimp Mixed:

Why Bidir render don't show reflection on the glass cylinder

[B.Y.O.B.]

Probably because the caustics are so bright that the auto tonemapper darkens the image.

[Dade]

Probably because the caustics are so bright that the auto tonemapper darkens the image.

Especially if you are using the old glass code

[epilectrolytics]

This gorgeous thing needed to be animated:

fire.mp4.zip

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[B.Y.O.B.]

Wow, thanks! Mesmerizing.
It even loops nearly perfectly, maybe one frame at the beginning or end is doubled (or it's my player that causes a slight pause).