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25 Apr 2024 18:20:38 EDT (-0400)
  Re: comet effect by translate?  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 27 May 2018 02:49:53
Message: <5b0a5511$1@news.povray.org>
On 26-5-2018 18:07, Stephen wrote:
> On 26/05/2018 16:36, Bald Eagle wrote:
>> For the running figures, a naive but quick approach would be to 
>> iterate objects
>> to the side and slightly backwards, with a progressively increasing
>> transparency.
> 
> That reminds me of a technique posted here some time ago. Which was to 
> make a short animation with the figure moving and averaging/combining 
> the images into one. I am sorry but I can't remember the details.
> 

That is currently available as 'blink' in the UberPOV version of 
POV-Ray. It is one of the experimental patches. In the past, it existed 
in pre-3.7 iirc.

-- 
Thomas


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