On Fri, 23 Jul 1999 21:20:16 -0400, Kyle Stamper
<joe### [at] geocitiescom> 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

This is possible in POV. Use a blob with threshold 0.0001 as a
container (thanks Chris :) ) and place a spherical media in each blob.
It works just fine for smoke and other pyrotechics.


Peter Popov
ICQ: 15002700

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