diff --git a/shader/include/constants.glsl b/shader/include/constants.glsl
index 104b27f..ece0918 100644
--- a/shader/include/constants.glsl
+++ b/shader/include/constants.glsl
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-const float INF = 30.0;
+const float INF = 20.0;
 const float PI = 3.14159;
 const float E = 2.71828;
-const int BOUNCES = 5;
+const int BOUNCES = 4;
 
 // materials
 const int MAT_SKY = -1;
 const int MAT_LAMBERT = 0;
 const int MAT_CHROME = 1;
+const int MAT_GLOW = 2;
diff --git a/shader/include/depth.glsl b/shader/include/depth.glsl
index 34fc7f2..e524b43 100644
--- a/shader/include/depth.glsl
+++ b/shader/include/depth.glsl
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ float getLogarithmicDepth(float distance)
 {
     // n roughly correlates to steepness of log curve
     // TODO: what does this mean in mathematical terms??
-    float n = 4;
+    float n = 2;
     float f = INF;
     float z = distance;
     
     // logarithmic depth
-    return max(0,log(z*pow(E,n)/f)/n);
+    float d = log(z*pow(E,n)/f)/n;
+    //d = d < 0 ? 1 : d;
+    return d;
+    //return max(0,d);
 }
diff --git a/shader/include/intersect.glsl b/shader/include/intersect.glsl
index 403e743..5b00e78 100644
--- a/shader/include/intersect.glsl
+++ b/shader/include/intersect.glsl
@@ -21,6 +21,29 @@ void intersectSphere(Ray ray, inout RayHit bestHit, Sphere sphere)
     }
 }
 
+void intersectInsideOutSphere(Ray ray, inout RayHit bestHit, Sphere sphere)
+{
+    vec3 c = sphere.cr.xyz;
+    float r = sphere.cr.w;
+
+    vec3 d = ray.origin-c;
+    float p1 = -dot(ray.direction,d);
+    float p2sqr = p1*p1-dot(d,d)+r*r;
+
+    if (p2sqr < 0) return;
+
+    float p2 = sqrt(p2sqr);
+    float t = p1-p2 > 0 ? p1-p2 : p1+p2;
+    if (t > 0 && t < bestHit.distance)
+    {
+        bestHit.distance = t;
+        bestHit.position = ray.origin + t * ray.direction;
+        bestHit.normal = -normalize(bestHit.position-c);
+        bestHit.albedo = sphere.albedo;
+        bestHit.material = sphere.material;
+    }
+}
+
 void intersectPlane(Ray ray, inout RayHit bestHit, vec3 p, vec3 normal)
 {
     float denom = dot(normal, ray.direction);
@@ -33,7 +56,7 @@ void intersectPlane(Ray ray, inout RayHit bestHit, vec3 p, vec3 normal)
             bestHit.distance = t;
             bestHit.position = ray.origin + t*ray.direction;
             bestHit.normal = normal;
-            bestHit.albedo = vec3(1.0,.4,.4);
+            bestHit.albedo = vec3(1.0,.8,.7);
             bestHit.material = MAT_LAMBERT;
         }
     }
diff --git a/shader/include/lighting.glsl b/shader/include/lighting.glsl
index 5456b56..b9168d6 100644
--- a/shader/include/lighting.glsl
+++ b/shader/include/lighting.glsl
@@ -35,18 +35,30 @@ vec3 sampleHemisphere(vec3 normal)
 
 vec3 scatterMetal(inout Ray ray, RayHit hit)
 {
+    //float d = length(ray.origin - hit.position);
     ray.origin = hit.position + hit.normal*0.001;
     ray.direction = reflect(ray.direction,hit.normal);
-    ray.energy *= 0.5;
+    ray.energy *= 0.95;
 
     return vec3(0.0);
 }
 
 vec3 scatterLambert(inout Ray ray, RayHit hit)
 {
+    //float d = length(ray.origin - hit.position);
     ray.origin = hit.position + hit.normal*0.001;
     ray.direction = sampleHemisphere(hit.normal);
-    ray.energy *= hit.albedo * sdot(hit.normal, ray.direction);
+    ray.energy = hit.albedo * sdot(hit.normal, ray.direction);
+    //ray.distance += d;
 
     return vec3(0.0);
 }
+
+vec3 scatterGlow(inout Ray ray, RayHit hit)
+{
+    ray.origin = hit.position + hit.normal*0.001;
+    //ray.direction = reflect(ray.direction,hit.normal);
+    ray.energy = hit.albedo * 2.0;
+
+    return vec3(hit.albedo);
+}
diff --git a/shader/include/scene.glsl b/shader/include/scene.glsl
index c9a20ec..610c8ac 100644
--- a/shader/include/scene.glsl
+++ b/shader/include/scene.glsl
@@ -11,7 +11,19 @@ RayHit trace(inout Ray ray)
         intersectSphere(ray, hit, _spheres[i]);
     }
 
-    ray.distance += hit.distance * float(hit.distance < INF);
+    Sphere s;
+    s.cr = vec4(0.0,0.0,0.0,INF*2.0);
+    s.material = MAT_GLOW;
+    s.albedo = vec3(1.0,1.0,1.0);
+    intersectInsideOutSphere(ray, hit, s);
+
+    //ray.distance += hit.material == MAT_CHROME
+    //    ? hit.distance * length(ray.energy) * float(hit.distance < INF)
+    //    : hit.distance * float(hit.distance < INF);
+    //ray.distance += hit.distance * float(hit.distance < INF);
+    ray.distance += hit.distance;
+    //ray.distance = clamp(ray.distance, 0, INF);
+    //ray.distance += hit.distance * length(ray.energy);
 
     return hit;
 }
diff --git a/shader/root/rt.glsl b/shader/root/rt.glsl
index c081533..8849765 100644
--- a/shader/root/rt.glsl
+++ b/shader/root/rt.glsl
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ layout(rgba32f, binding = 3) readonly uniform image2D _g1;
 // final output
 layout(rgba32f, binding = 0) uniform image2D img_output;        // rgba32f defines internal format, image2d for random write to output texture
 
-uniform vec3 _skyColor = vec3(0.68,0.85,0.9);
+//uniform vec3 _skyColor = vec3(0.75,0.9,1.0);
+uniform vec3 _skyColor = vec3(1.0,1.0,1.0);
 
 // TODO: some of these depend on each other!! need be be in this order for now c:
 #include func.glsl
@@ -39,16 +40,23 @@ vec3 shade(inout Ray ray, RayHit hit)
         case MAT_CHROME: 
             return scatterMetal(ray, hit);
             break;
+        case MAT_GLOW:
+            return scatterGlow(ray, hit);
+            break;
         }
     }
 
     // sky color
     return _skyColor;
+    //ray.distance = INF;
+    //return _skyColor * (1-getLinearDepth(ray.distance));
+    //return vec3(1.0,0.0,0.0);
 }
 
 void main()
 {
     // base pixel colour for the image
+    //vec4 pixel = vec4(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
     vec4 pixel = vec4(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
 
     ivec2 pixelCoords = ivec2(gl_GlobalInvocationID.xy);
@@ -74,12 +82,14 @@ void main()
     firstHit.normal = normal;
     firstHit.albedo = albedo;
 
-    int sky = depth >= INF ? 1 : 0;
-    int bounces = (1-sky) * BOUNCES; 
-    pixel.xyz = mix(pixel.xyz, _skyColor, sky);
+    int bounces = BOUNCES; 
+    //pixel.xyz = mix(pixel.xyz, _skyColor, sky);
 
     // sample
     int samples = 2;
+    //int reflections = 0;
+    //depth = 0;
+    float tracedDepth = 0;
     for (int i = 0; i < samples; i++)
     {
         float sampleDepth = 0;
@@ -89,17 +99,44 @@ void main()
         {
             RayHit hit = trace(ray);
 
-            depth = getLogarithmicDepth(ray.distance);
+            //ray.distance = hit.material == MAT_CHROME
+            //    ? ray.distance * hit.material
+            //    : 0;
+            //int reflection = hit.material == MAT_CHROME ? 1 : 0;
+            //reflections |= (reflection << j);
+
+            sampleDepth = getLogarithmicDepth(ray.distance);
 
             pixel.xyz += ray.energy * shade(ray, hit);
 
             if (length(ray.energy) < 0.001) break;
         }
 
-        depth += sampleDepth / float(samples);
+        //depth = max(getLogarithmicDepth(ray.distance
+        tracedDepth += sampleDepth / float(samples);
     }
 
-    pixel.xyz = mix(pixel.xyz, vec3(1.0), depth);
+
+    // apply gamma correction
+    float gamma = 2.0;
+    float scale = 1.0 / gamma;
+    pixel.xyz = sqrt(pixel.xyz * scale);
+    pixel.xyz /= 2.0;
+    //
+    // apply fog
+    //float fogDepth = (clamp(tracedDepth - depth, 0, 1) - 1.0) * 2.0;
+    //fogDepth *= depth * depth;
+    //fogDepth -= depth;
+    //fogDepth = depth * tracedDepth;
+    vec3 fogColor = _skyColor;
+    pixel.xyz = mix(pixel.xyz, fogColor, depth);
+    //pixel = clamp(pixel, 0, 1);
+
+    //tracedDepth = max(depth, 
+    //tracedDepth -= 0.2;
+    //tracedDepth *= (5.0/4.0);
+    vec3 depthDebugColor = mix(vec3(depth), vec3(fogDepth), step(-uv.x, 0.0));
+    pixel.xyz = mix(pixel.xyz, depthDebugColor, 1);
 
     // output to a specific pixel in the image
     imageStore(img_output, ivec2(gl_GlobalInvocationID.xy), pixel);
diff --git a/shader/root/rtpre.glsl b/shader/root/rtpre.glsl
index 047b644..fb7f2ec 100644
--- a/shader/root/rtpre.glsl
+++ b/shader/root/rtpre.glsl
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ void main()
     imageStore(g0_output, pixelCoords, pixel);
 
     pixel.xyz = hit.albedo;
-    pixel.w = 0;
+    pixel.w = hit.material;
     imageStore(g1_output, pixelCoords, pixel); 
 }