POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Procedural Clouds : Re: Procedural Clouds Server Time
8 Aug 2024 01:14:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Procedural Clouds  
From: Mick Hazelgrove
Date: 24 Mar 2001 11:34:03
Message: <3abccc7b@news.povray.org>
"Chris Huff" <chr### [at] maccom> wrote in message
news:chrishuff-5EAB42.11131924032001@news.povray.org...
> In article <3abcbec0$1@news.povray.org>, "Mick Hazelgrove"
> <mic### [at] mhazelgrovefsnetcouk> wrote:
>
> > but in my experience method 3 (as with 1&2)leaves artifacts that
sometimes
> > spoil the look of the clouds, to remove these it is necessary to bump up
> > intervals and samples which makes the rendering very slow.
>
> The sample_spacing keyword will help fix this problem, and you could use
> transparent objects to force new intervals in the problem areas. Also,
> make sure you use a sphere, not an infinite plane.

I always use a sphere and the sample_spacing keyword!
but the idea of use transparent objects is intriguing, I shall have to
experiment with it!

Mick


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