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4 May 2024 06:46:30 EDT (-0400)
  Re: 300 materials collection  
From: Paolo Gibellini
Date: 16 Jun 2014 04:09:44
Message: <539ea648$1@news.povray.org>
>Norbert Kern  on date 15/06/2014 8.32 wrote:
> Wanting to learn from nice published materials, I set up a test file with
> some equally nice povray objects containing CSG, mesh, blob, isosurface,
> heightfield, julia, sphere sweep and superellipsoid objects to get sharp and
> round edges, large flat areas and tiny details.
>
> The materials are from everywhere (Newsgroups, IRTC, web and some own) and
> resemble e.g. metals, varnishes, stones, ceramics, natural, technical and fun
> materials. Beside "solid" materials I collected different SSLT, media effects or
> proximity patterns.
>
> I took care to cite the source whenever possible, but I took freedom in changing
> the material including changed colors, finishes or maps, adding normals or
> changed patterns (e.g. gradient, planar or wood).
>
> I learned very much from this exercise and here I show 20 examples and I think,
> some will be recognized at once.
>
> What do you think, should such a collection be published?
>
>
> Norbert Kern
>
>
It's surely a good idea!
Paolo


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