ryan constantine wrote in message <39A2DE79.92108FB7@yahoo.com>...
>have you tried generating a cloud with blobs in a macro?  you may be
>able to do it similar to the macro somebody made to fill a box full of
>spheres.  where that made the spheres not intersect, it would probably
>be easy to make them intersect.  instead of filling a box, maybe you
>could fill a blob.  and use some kind of proximity thing so there are
>bigger blobs in the middle and smaller ones as you move to the edges for
>detail.  and maybe you could specify how full the container blob is of
>filler blobs.  and for tests you could just make your filler a solid
>color before dipping into media and long render times.  i don't know,
>maybe someone has already tried this and failed?
>


I tried that briefly a few months ago (trying to reproduce a thunderstorm)
I didn't spend much time on it because I couldn't get the edges to look
anything other than solid.

Maybe I should have another look at it. Maybe media with a blob pattern...

Gail
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