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1 Jul 2024 01:00:34 EDT (-0400)
  Re: I made a lovely picture  
From: Anthony D  Baye
Date: 21 Sep 2015 12:05:01
Message: <web.560029b9b06aec63a36927440@news.povray.org>
"And" <49341109@ntnu.edu.tw> wrote:
> "Mr" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> > "And" <49341109@ntnu.edu.tw> wrote:
> > > After making so many technique tests, I'm trying making some art. This is a
> > > white star in a bowl. When I first saw it I feel the appearance is so pure and I
> > > decided to finish it.
> >
> > Hello. I like the color gradient of the bowl.
>
> I often use colors not very bright. The colors have each r, g, b ranges 0.2~0.6
> albedo.
>
> > It looks like the star is
> > intersecting the bowl and floating at some other points. not really physically
> > resting on it.
>
> Yes, Thomas de Groot has said that in previous. And I'm not willing to change
> that.

An elegant way to prevent the clipping issue would be to offset the bottom of
your star from the center of the sphere that makes the bowl:

Offset = sqrt( bowlrad^2 - starred^2 ) + fudge

Regards,
A.D.B,


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