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5 Nov 2024 06:21:59 EST (-0500)
  Re: Waterfall Attempts  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 15 Dec 2006 07:39:56
Message: <4582979c$1@news.povray.org>
"Martin Magnusson" <mmn### [at] invaliddomain> schreef in bericht 
news:458296d3$1@news.povray.org...
> I heard that for some scenes in the new Star Wars movies, where you see 
> some waterfalls in the distance (from some fly-by shots on Naboo, I 
> think), not unlike the scene on the left in your post, what the special 
> effects people did was to pour salt to simulate the waterfalls instead of 
> doing it with CGI. So you could try to use something white and opaque 
> instead of trying to get a transparent, refractive, etc, water texture.
>

Yes, I think that a purely water texture is a problem for a waterfall. Good 
tip!

Thomas


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