POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : metal "swirl" finish : Re: metal "swirl" finish Server Time
11 Aug 2024 11:24:03 EDT (-0400)
  Re: metal "swirl" finish  
From: Rune S  Johansen
Date: 4 Sep 1999 20:33:32
Message: <37d1ba5c@news.povray.org>
"Kevin Wampler" wrote:
>Try something like this for your slope_map if you have Superpatch:
>
>crackle
>form <1,0,0>
>frequency BIG_NUMBER
>
>You'll have to play around a bit, and use really high AA, but it might give
you
>what your looking for.

I haven't tried it but this should work as well but with no need for high AA
at all.

normal {
   average
   normal_map {
      [crackle +1 form <1,0,0>]
      [crackle -1 form <1,0,0>]
   }
}

Greetings,

Rune S. Johansen

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