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  Re: crand in Pov-Ray 3.7 ?  
From: James Holsenback
Date: 19 May 2012 20:29:49
Message: <4fb83afd$1@news.povray.org>
On 05/19/2012 06:43 PM, mone wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sometimes I want meshes too look a little more rough and get rid of some banding
> artifacts. So I used to put "crand" in my finish statements in this case. But if
> I use crand in Version 3.7 it has no effect anymore. Maybe it does not work in
> 3.7 because it was considered obsolete and taken out?
>
> I've already tried small normals with bumps to get a similar effect as with
> crand, but somehow it didn't look good, because they were distorted on some
> parts of the mesh and not visible in very dark and light areas.
>
> Can anyone tell me what I could use instead of crand in Version 3.7?
>
> Best wishes
>
> Simone
>
>
try the granite pattern, something scaled small (1e-2 or maybe 3) ... 
play around with it!
http://wiki.povray.org/content/Reference:Granite_Pattern


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