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30 Jul 2024 20:21:15 EDT (-0400)
  Re: tractor 2008 (164k jpg)  
From: stbenge
Date: 1 Dec 2008 19:12:04
Message: <49347d54@news.povray.org>
Kirk Andrews wrote:
>> It's so real I can almost touch it. Beautiful. Great detail. (I really like the
>> monochrome look too; lends itself *very* well to such an image.)
>>
>> The only nitpick I might offer is that the lighting/shadows look a bit *too*
>> smooth or perhaps omnidirectional, although that's not really the proper term
>> for it. In the belt treads, for example.
>>
> 
> Well, I think this is what is often called a "mud render" -- textures are still
> to come and lighting is just ambient occlusion.  Sam is just being gracious,
> lest he blow us all away.
> 
> Thanks, Sam.  Amazing as usual.

Yeah, I rendered this with basic textures to simply display the model. I 
don't know if I'll go forward and finish the scene or not. Maybe I'll 
try out some textures, but the code is a little hard to navigate (it's 
over 1000 lines long).

Sam


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