Jaime Vives Piqueres <jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> wrote:

> > Awesome. I look forward to this time next year when the full size
> > version finishes rendering!
>
>    Thanks, but it's not that slow... that test took just 29 min, and the
> one attached here, using +a, took 1h45m using only 4 out of 6 cores. I
> guess the full render at 1600x900 will take about 4 hours with 6 cores.
> The idea of using a blob as container, instead a box or sphere, works
> pretty well... it's just a shame it generates some artifacts. :(
>
> --
> jaime

I feel for you concerning the artifacts. I have tried all kinds of tricks to get
rid of them and usually end up in a worse place than I began with. Blasted
container objects! May they be for ever confined to the ninth circle of hell
(the one reserved for treachery)!

I ended up using a single containing object (box or plane) and then filling it
with a skewed y-gradient density to get a flat bottom and then adding a mixture
of wrinkles, bozo and crackle (form<1, 0, 0>) to try to approximate fluffy tops.
Some of my images over at www.landofthefirst.com were created using this. I am
still not 100% happy with them.

I think your idea much better (and I love the results). More ideas to play with.

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