Hi,
  I looked at some of the link at Povray.org and could get a hold on the blob
science...  I mean, I don't exactly understand how it works, how know what it
is, but I have difficulty to predict what will happen if I do this or that,
etc...

Anybody has good links for documentation, tutorials on this subject, I believe
this is often asked...

Thanks,
  Simon

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Simon Lemieux wrote:

> 
> Anybody has good links for documentation, tutorials on this subject, I
> believe this is often asked...
>

Rune's Blob Tutorial:
http://rsj.mobilixnet.dk/3d/blobs/blobs.html

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> Rune's Blob Tutorial:
> http://rsj.mobilixnet.dk/3d/blobs/blobs.html

Thanks, this is a very good start!  I think I'll be able to continue by myself,
unless you suggest something else?

Thanks!
  Simon

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Micha Riser wrote:
> 
> Simon Lemieux wrote:
> 
> >
> > Anybody has good links for documentation, tutorials on this subject, I
> > believe this is often asked...
> >
> 
> Rune's Blob Tutorial:
> http://rsj.mobilixnet.dk/3d/blobs/blobs.html

Sure that won't just be confusing?  Right off it goes into four
dimensions...<g> ;)

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"David Fontaine" wrote:
> Micha Riser wrote:
> > Rune's Blob Tutorial:
> > http://rsj.mobilixnet.dk/3d/blobs/blobs.html
>
> Sure that won't just be confusing?  Right off it goes
> into four dimensions...<g> ;)

Hey, I heard that! ;)

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Rune wrote:
> 
> "David Fontaine" wrote:
> > Micha Riser wrote:
> > > Rune's Blob Tutorial:
> > > http://rsj.mobilixnet.dk/3d/blobs/blobs.html
> >
> > Sure that won't just be confusing?  Right off it goes
> > into four dimensions...<g> ;)
> 
> Hey, I heard that! ;)

Now, imagine the surface of the water passes through <0,0,0,0> and has a
normal of <0,0,0,1>... ;)

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"David Fontaine" wrote:
> Now, imagine the surface of the water passes through
> <0,0,0,0> and has a normal of <0,0,0,1>... ;)

Err...?

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> "David Fontaine" wrote:
> > Now, imagine the surface of the water passes through
> > <0,0,0,0> and has a normal of <0,0,0,1>... ;)
>
> Err...?
>
> Rune
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>

I personally think that Rune's blob tutorial is THE best blob tutorial
around...except that his home made macro doesn't work ;-)

Marc

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"george ferguson" wrote:
> I personally think that Rune's blob tutorial is
> THE best blob tutorial around

Why thank you!

> ...except that his home made macro doesn't work ;-)

It works for me. What is the problem you're experiencing?
(Or maybe there was something in that smiley I didn't get?)

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Rune wrote:
> > ...except that his home made macro doesn't work ;-)
>
> It works for me. What is the problem you're experiencing?
> (Or maybe there was something in that smiley I didn't get?)
>
> Rune

the thing is that when i try to put in a sphere for example it says "no
matching } in sphere , found instead...its the one after actual_radius,
before strength...this was my code

#include "colors.inc"

camera {location <0,0,-10>
}

// create a point "spotlight" (cylindrical directed) light source
light_source
{
  0*x                     // light's position (translated below)
  color rgb <1,1,1>       // light's color
  spotlight               // this kind of light source
  cylinder                // this variation
  translate <40, 80, -40> // <x y z> position of light
  point_at <0, 0, 0>      // direction of spotlight
  radius 5                // hotspot (inner, in degrees)
  tightness 50            // tightness of falloff (1...100) lower is softer,
higher is tighter
  falloff 8               // intensity falloff radius (outer, in degrees)
}



#macro easyblob (_threshold,_visibleradius,_blobbiness)
   #local _strength = (1+1/_blobbiness)*_threshold;
   #local _actualradius =
   _visibleradius/sqrt(1-sqrt(_threshold/_strength));
   _actualradius, _strength
#end

sphere {
   <0,0,0>,
   easyblob (0.65, 2, 2)
}

tell me what im doing wrong...please!!!

Marc

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