But Cormoran is right,whichever direction Toki is reasoning in ... the one lens effect we do need to reproduce (given that we can't crank up the screen brightness to realistic solar levels!) is the flare we get from the lenses of our own eyes when we look at a bright source against a dark background. That's what flare.jpg is trying to do - fool us into thinking we're looking at a brighter object than we really are. Chris has also spoken about other effects that might be used to improve that particular perceptual cue ... like washing out the rest of the screen when very bright sources are in frame.selden wrote:I think Toki is referring to the halo that Celestia draws (flare.jpg). It's a counter-example to the stated desire for Celestia not to show lens eflects.
Grant
