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28 Apr 2024 21:10:19 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Proximity Pattern testing  
From: Paolo Gibellini
Date: 18 Sep 2017 10:40:44
Message: <59bfdaec$1@news.povray.org>
Thomas de Groot wrote on 18/09/2017 13:32:
> OK. I can as well show the state-of-the-art now while it is still in flux.
> 
> Proximity Patterns are notoriously difficult when used on flat surfaces. 
> They give the best results on complex surfaces with many creases. So, 
> knowing what I could expect, I started a series of tests and fine 
> tuning. I got an acceptable result using a separate object of the first 
> floor (see image EP_Proximity_Test.jpg). However, translating these 
> settings to the Gutenbach model - and assuming that I used exactly the 
> same settings - I got the second image (see image Gutenbach_test.jpg). 
> Not the same.
> 
> I think I know what happened and that means that I have to rethink part 
> of the model's geometry, at least where the texture use is concerned. 
> Bit for now, the experiment shows some promising possibilities.
> 

Wow, it's a very nice effect: the first image seems a charcoal drawing 
and the second...well, with a little work on the brown walls it could be 
a fine art piece ;-)
Paolo


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