POV-Ray : Newsgroups : moray.win : Compact Disc Texture : Re: Compact Disc Texture Server Time
29 Jul 2024 20:25:10 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Compact Disc Texture  
From: Ross Litscher
Date: 22 Apr 1998 18:05:48
Message: <353E69BC.19C7@osu.edu>
Quentin Baker wrote:
> 
> I've never been a supreme wizard at doing textures, but Moray has helped me
> immensely.  What I'm trying to create is a texture to map onto a Compact
> Disk object (essentially a disc with a hole in the center).  The coloring is
> simple, but I'm trying to get the rainbow reflection to occur off of the
> light sources.  The iridescence option doesn't seem to help out, although it
> looks like the right direction.
> 
> Has anyone already rendered a CD, or a prism with a refracting rainbow?  If
> so, any tips?  Thanks
> 
> Quentin Baker
> 
> PS, extreme thanks to Lutz Kretzschmar and the Moray crew for a top-notch
> program!

I was trying to do the same thing for my first moray/povray work. In the
end, someone, actually many people said that it is not really possible.
I ended up just making texture for the colors and stuff.
www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Sands/5511/raytraced.html
I think it looks okay, but not exactly like a real one. 

Ross


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