First test with scraggle code implemented. Here's the settings I used (same
as the previous post, except for the scraggle):
#declare length=1;
#declare base_width=0.01;
#declare tip_width=0.0075;
#declare segments=100;
#declare base_curl=0;
#declare tip_curl=360;
#declare scraggle=0.5;
#declare scraggle_freq=10;
#declare hair_offset=0;
#declare scraggle_seed=66409;
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Douglas C. Eichenberg
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Very nice hair! I suppose you are using trace() to put the hairs on the
surface? It might be nice to be able to map the hairs to a surface based on
a pigment. I have seen objects placed based upon the value of a pigment
before: (http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/26594/). If you are
already using trace() to get the location of the hair you could probably
just take the return vector, pass it to eval_pigment() with the color which
you wish to map the hairs to and if true put a hair there. Of course
things are never so simple, but its an idea to play with anyway.
This project looks very promising, I have been wanting a nice versatile way
to put hair on things. I look forward to seeing some more examples of what
it can do.
Actually I haven't written the placement routines yet. The test renders I
posted were just random rotations around the origin. The placement routines
are gonna be kind of tough I think... I'm still debating how to do them.
Any suggestions are more than welcome, and I will look into using
eval_pigment... hadn't thought of that yet.
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