POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Texture Library 4.0 available : Re: Texture Library 4.0 available Server Time
5 Aug 2024 02:24:19 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Texture Library 4.0 available  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 6 Jan 2003 07:58:33
Message: <3E197D78.E65914E4@gmx.de>
Rene Schwietzke wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just brought Texture Library version 4.0 online. If you know version
> 3.0 on texlib.povray.org you may be interested in the new one as well -
> http://www.rene-schwietzke.de/povray/texlib/
> [...]

Looks like a lot of work - a few remarks:

- it is quite unusable in Netscape 4.x although i can't find a good reason
why it has to be.  
- an option for downloading the whole library would be great.
- the lot of different sample renders look quite nice but some are a bit
unnecessary (for example the 2d rotation/scaling tests).  The preview
should IMO contain a sphere object so you can see at the first glance what
kind of finish and normal it has (highlights, variable reflection, ...)
The 'shapes' render contains various shapes but lacks a rough surface
(heightfield or isosurface for example).  
- the water texture should get an interior with ior to look realistic.  
- maybe it would be a good idea to add a 'purpose specific render' - a sky
sphere for sky textures, a plane with a sky for water textures, ...

Christoph

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