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30 Jul 2024 22:15:45 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Specs for df3- files  
From: minzi0815
Date: 15 May 2008 04:50:00
Message: <web.482bf8448637a0d8c32955910@news.povray.org>
All right. thank's a lot !!

"Chris B" <nom### [at] nomailcom> wrote:
> "minzi0815" <mar### [at] eumetsatint> wrote in message
> news:web.482aae968637a0d8c32955910@news.povray.org...
> > Chris,
> >
> > As I am quite new in Povray, I have two more questions:
> >
> > The original plan was to make the values looking like a cloud. I think
> > there
> > should be a way to let povray generate clouds from the values.
> >
> > Also I'd like povray to differ the values ( currently random-numbers) by
> > displaying them in different colors...
> >
>
> Hi Marcus,
>
> Paul Bourke has a short tutorial on using DF3 files at
> http://ozviz.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/modelling_rendering/df3/.
>
> The settings he uses in his file 'example.pov' create more uniform,
> cloud-like forms  than my example, even from quite small files (my example
> set clearly defined edges to help illustrate the sequencing of the file).
> His tutorial also seems to shows how to use color_maps to vary the colours
> and how to get the media to cast shadows in a cloud-like way.
>
> There are quite a few POV-Ray cloud tutorials and macros around that might
> also be of interest to you.
>
> Regards,
> Chris B.


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