@Efi @chr@cybre.space I don't know that I follow
@Efi @chr@cybre.space why does this mean that the same thing under different levels of scattering can't happen? Is it not dependent partly on the color and intensity of the light?
@Felthry @chr the idea is the scattering value doesn't change
a light more intense will show more on any translucent material
the scattering value tells you how deep the ligh can travel in the material before being absorbed at a constant intensity
sorry for technical stuff, it's a very obscure physics thing XD
@Efi @chr@cybre.space I can handle technical!
Would it not have any difference with wavelength? I feel like it would, because I know for a fact that x-rays can penetrate much further
@Felthry @chr different radiation permeates differently, but the material keeps its index, it's the same concept as lead radiation shielding, the material absorbs a quantity per thickness
when you set a value for subsurface scattering the value is the depth where a white light of intensity 1 (in the relative scale of the software) is completely absorbed
if you double the intensity the penetration doubles (it's actually quadratic, but shhh)
but the number you set is the same
@Efi @chr@cybre.space there's no dispersion at all? and no nonlinearity at all? this has the feel of over-idealized stuff to me
@Efi @chr@cybre.space are we talking about a physical, measured quantity or something in computer graphics, anyway?
@Felthry @chr pretty sure it is both
it is used irl to talk about translucent materials, but I've only seen it in art, and it follows that it's used in cgi, because cgi tries to imitate nature
I don't know how physicists look at it, but I know it's a shorthand property for a very specific and human-scale use
@Felthry @chr yeah, but that's out of the scope of anything the subsurface scattering index is used for