Kyle Stamper wrote:
> 
> I'm fairly new to media, but the recent post "The Mummy...." has got me
> thinking and interested in particle type effects. If I make sphere, I
> can make the sphere hazy, the *whole* sphere hazy. That's not what I
> want to do though, I don't want the media to be fully visible throughout
> the entire object. I don't want the media to fill the entire container,
> all the way to the edges. I would like it to be blobby....ya know?
> Here's an example of what I'm trying to do.
> 
> http://www.newtek.com/products/lightwave/hv2/images/comet_440.jpg
> 
> Is this even remotely possible to achieve in PovRay? Can this be done
> with 1 object and 1 media? Any advice,
> code, or ridicule is welcome.
> 
>         Kyle Stamper

  On June 30 1999 I posted source in povray.text.scene-file for a multiple
density pattern. Take a look at this and after the spherical pattern try
something like a bozo or granite pattern and see if this is what you are
looking for.

-- 
Ken Tyler
  
mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/links.htm

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