I was frustrated by my inability to to get the built-in brick texture to look
the way that I wanted. Probably a lack of talent on my part.

This image consists of individual brick objects laid down with a series of
macros.

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"maathome" <mit### [at] armistead-associatesnet> wrote:
> I was frustrated by my inability to to get the built-in brick texture to look
> the way that I wanted. Probably a lack of talent on my part.
>
> This image consists of individual brick objects laid down with a series of
> macros.

This reminds me of something I tried to do a long time ago... It didn't really
get anywhere.

You might try adding some global media as fog, but be prepared to wait for good
results.

Regards,
A.D.B.

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"Anthony D. Baye" <Sha### [at] spamnomorehotmailcom> wrote:
> "maathome" <mit### [at] armistead-associatesnet> wrote:
> > I was frustrated by my inability to to get the built-in brick texture to look
> > the way that I wanted. Probably a lack of talent on my part.
> >
> > This image consists of individual brick objects laid down with a series of
> > macros.
>
> This reminds me of something I tried to do a long time ago... It didn't really
> get anywhere.
>
> You might try adding some global media as fog, but be prepared to wait for good
> results.
>
> Regards,
> A.D.B.

Shortly after this image was rendered, I went down the media/fog path. I quickly
discovered that this scene was not the place to be teaching myself the
ins-and-outs of media. The rendering times were excessive, as you predicted.

( I generally use the plane-with-box method when experimenting with features
I've never used before).

See the attached for one of my efforts

Thanks for your thoughts,

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On 18/10/2012 6:41 PM, maathome wrote:
> See the attached for one of my efforts

Nice and atmospheric.

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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"maathome" <mit### [at] armistead-associatesnet> wrote:
> "Anthony D. Baye" <Sha### [at] spamnomorehotmailcom> wrote:
> > "maathome" <mit### [at] armistead-associatesnet> wrote:
> > > I was frustrated by my inability to to get the built-in brick texture to look
> > > the way that I wanted. Probably a lack of talent on my part.
> > >
> > > This image consists of individual brick objects laid down with a series of
> > > macros.
> >
> > This reminds me of something I tried to do a long time ago... It didn't really
> > get anywhere.
> >
> > You might try adding some global media as fog, but be prepared to wait for good
> > results.
> >
> > Regards,
> > A.D.B.
>
> Shortly after this image was rendered, I went down the media/fog path. I quickly
> discovered that this scene was not the place to be teaching myself the
> ins-and-outs of media. The rendering times were excessive, as you predicted.
>
> ( I generally use the plane-with-box method when experimenting with features
> I've never used before).
>
> See the attached for one of my efforts
>
> Thanks for your thoughts,

That is a LOT better.  A little atmosphere - pun intended - goes a long way...

personally, I would have used Victorian style gas lights, but I still like it.

Regards,
A.D.B.

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