Not sure if this is a shiny new idea or if everyone knows it and doesn't 
even bother mentioning it...

I was wondering about changing an image_map over time and the idea came to 
me to use the output from one rendering as the image_map for another (I 
think you can probably get some good animation effects by using the last 
rendered frame every time...)

Anyway, as a simple showcase, I took the Apollo 13 video clip that ships 
with vista and made it into a flat-screen tv (ok, a very shallow cube with 
roudned edges... :D - Use your imagination)

The clip can be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzTjLQrfWB8 (I've had to use youtbue as high 
compression makes the video unwatchable and low compression is far too big 
to share here - so I'll let youtube worry about the encoding :D)

I'd appreciate any thoughts or ideas.

Regards,
Simon

P.S. I know the sound is slightly out of sync - about 5 secs over the course 
of the clip - This is due to me using the wrong frame rate while rendering 
the scene - it should have matched my original video clip. - I couldn't be 
bothered to wait for another 3544 frames to render :D

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Simon wrote:

>I was wondering about changing an image_map over time and the idea came to 
>me to use the output from one rendering as the image_map for another (I 
>think you can probably get some good animation effects by using the last 
>rendered frame every time...)
>  
>
There's a sample scene called "Desk.pov" in the "Advanced" folder that 
uses animation settings to create a framed picture containing a picture 
of the the picture of the picture...I'd say there's a lot of potential 
here for interesting images and/or animations.

--Sherry Shaw

-- 
#macro T(E,N)sphere{x,.4rotate z*E*60translate y*N pigment{wrinkles scale
.3}finish{ambient 1}}#end#local I=0;#while(I<5)T(I,1)T(1-I,-1)#local I=I+
1;#end camera{location-5*z}plane{z,37 pigment{granite color_map{[.7rgb 0]
[1rgb 1]}}finish{ambient 2}}//                                   TenMoons

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Well, that's crushing :) Oh well, I'm sure i can come up with something 
interesting :D

Thanks for the reply
S

"Sherry Shaw" <tenmoonsPutAtCharacterHereaol-dot-com> wrote in message 
news:465da184@news.povray.org...
> Simon wrote:
>
>>I was wondering about changing an image_map over time and the idea came to 
>>me to use the output from one rendering as the image_map for another (I 
>>think you can probably get some good animation effects by using the last 
>>rendered frame every time...)
>>
> There's a sample scene called "Desk.pov" in the "Advanced" folder that 
> uses animation settings to create a framed picture containing a picture of 
> the the picture of the picture...I'd say there's a lot of potential here 
> for interesting images and/or animations.
>
> --Sherry Shaw
>
> -- 
> #macro T(E,N)sphere{x,.4rotate z*E*60translate y*N pigment{wrinkles scale
> .3}finish{ambient 1}}#end#local I=0;#while(I<5)T(I,1)T(1-I,-1)#local I=I+
> 1;#end camera{location-5*z}plane{z,37 pigment{granite color_map{[.7rgb 0]
> [1rgb 1]}}finish{ambient 2}}//                                   TenMoons

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haha. i like the part in the vid where you see the screen from the back for
seconds and seconds and someone's still talking like real serious.

i'm glad i get another chance to mention this glorious animation i did
recently:
saveacopyUSA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_35zOFkgs0

somewhere in the middle there's this place with lots of TV's. some show the
MGM logo or the video propaganda in the beginning of '1984'. some fail to
sync and the pic is running through all the time, and i added some noise.
finally the cam zooms into a tv showing the last rendered frame and
everything dissolves into noise to make place for the next amazing scene---

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"Simon" <povray@*NOSPAM*SOWare.co.uk> wrote:
> Not sure if this is a shiny new idea or if everyone knows it and doesn't
> even bother mentioning it...
>
> I was wondering about changing an image_map over time and the idea came to
> me to use the output from one rendering as the image_map for another ...
> Regards,
> Simon

Funny you should use the word "hat".  A while back I was toying with the
idea of using POV-Ray to produce an "oracle deck" and used the idea for the
Magician card.

BTW, neat animation.  I can foresee many nifty applications for the
technique.  Spaceship bridges and "Mission Control " type scenes spring to
mind.

Regards,
Mike C.

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"Simon" <povray@*NOSPAM*SOWare.co.uk> wrote:
> Not sure if this is a shiny new idea or if everyone knows it and doesn't
> even bother mentioning it...

My first attempt at this was using a clip from the TV show "Airwolf" in
March 2000.  I came back to it in 2003 to make a "TV Wall" inspired by The
Matrix.  Check it out here:
http://mcnasobers.googlepages.com/mike%27sfunstuff

> Anyway, as a simple showcase, I took the Apollo 13 video clip that ships
> with vista and made it into a flat-screen tv (ok, a very shallow cube with
> roudned edges... :D - Use your imagination)
>
> I'd appreciate any thoughts or ideas.

Looks great!  The possibilities are endless . . .

Mike S.

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