Hi Tim,

I watched the film again yesterday and I did notice that.

Thanks for the tip. I'll try using torii and see what I get.

Fidel.

in article web.3dca79f3f218fe2d7dc7e5c90@news.povray.org, Nikias at
tim### [at] gmxde wrote on 7/11/02 2:34 pm:

> I've got the matrix-movie on DVD and had a look
> at it some time ago to actually see what kind
> of effect it was.
> 
> And the fact is, the bullets are leaving torii. If you
> look closely on the last animation where he stops them
> in the air, they actually appear very abruptly around
> a bullet, something I wouldn't have expected (I remembered
> it to be far smoother), and then fade out (which is rather
> difficult for us, as the torii would be totally transparent
> to begin with, and we could only drop the IOR, which gives
> a slightly different effect.
> 
> Just my 2 cents worth,
> 
> Tim

Post a reply to this message