POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Cloth backdrop : Re: Cloth backdrop Server Time
6 May 2024 19:25:51 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Cloth backdrop  
From: Mike Horvath
Date: 5 Sep 2016 17:23:35
Message: <57cde257$1@news.povray.org>
On 9/5/2016 11:18 AM, Sherry K. Shaw wrote:
> Mike Horvath wrote:
>> Many times in photography you see smooth backdrops behind small objects
>> so you don't see a sharp crease where a floor might meet a wall. How
>> would I create one of these in POV-Ray? It would need to be circular
>> since I might use any camera angle.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> Mike
>
> Perhaps a mesh...?  Estimate the sort of curve you need and use nested
> loops to generate an array of points.  It has the advantage of being
> fairly easy to tweak.
>
> --Sherry K. Shaw
>

I think the only way to get rid of the seam completely is to create a 
giant sphere with the light source in the middle, then put the scene 
objects on the bottom inner surface of the sphere. But that will create 
weird shadows and a lot of objects getting clipped by the sphere.

Mike


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