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30 Jun 2025 16:16:07 EDT (-0400)
  Re: surface deformations  
From: Soulstorm
Date: 22 Feb 2002 02:10:36
Message: <3c75eeec@news.povray.org>
Hi Jamie,

Your comment seems to be the most helpful of the lot. It set me thinking -
maybe some formulae for blobs along a sperical surface with some sine
deformations thrown in. hmm...back to work.

btw. for anyone reading this thread there is a nice tutorial on sine
deformations here :
http://www.f-lohmueller.de/pov_tut/loop/povsi3e1.htm

thanks
-ss-

"Jamie Davison" <jam### [at] ntlworldcom> wrote in message
news:MPG.16df6892a2cc2c91989ae1@news.povray.org...
> On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:40:50 +0200, Soulstorm wrote...
> > Is it possible in POVRay to do true surface deformations?
> > i.e. not normal maps, but true deforms.
>
> If you knew the formula of the primitive and the formula for the
> deformation, I suspect you could use an isosurface, but as to exactly
> how.  Well, that's beyond my skills.
>
> Bye for now,
>      Jamie.


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