On Wed, 01 Sep 1999 18:14:03 -0700, Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:

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>"John M. Dlugosz" wrote:
>> 
>> Nieminen Juha <war### [at] cctutfi> wrote in message
>> news:37cd3960@news.povray.org...
>> > Xplo Eristotle <inq### [at] unforgettablecom> wrote:
>> > : If I understand what you're referring to, I'm thinking that your best
>> > : chance at doing this is creating an image (with lots of little circles)
>> >
>> >   Why?
>> >   Circles can be easyly done with procedural textures.
>> >
>> 
>> Which is exactly what I'm asking... care to demonstrate?  Ripples or Waves
>> can produce one milling circle pattern, but the surface is covered with them
>> in a grid pattern so the edges just overlap a little, like scallop shells.
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>Try a repeat warp on the pattern.

won't work.  The pattern he's talking about has roughly circular
boundaries, and a repeat warp will put noticeable straight lines
in the pattern.

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