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Guillermo Espitia Rojas wrote:
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> Hi Ken:
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> His observation is very opportune. At my conclusion i not did consider the
> characteristics of the lathe than you indicates.
I get lucky sometimes :)
> The objective initial was check the benefits of convert a lathe to mesh,
> suggestted by Vives-Anning. At second instance, i pretend know techniques to
> reduce the time of render and reduce the necessities of hardware. This me
> allows do one image with more amount of elements, keepping a time reasonable
> of render. Obviously is sacrificed the quality by the quickness. However,
> at one image good studied the reduction of quality it can pass unnoticed.
> This can be observed at the following images:
> - Lathe to mesh: http://www.ctav.es/jaime/barrabar.jpg
I don't know about the conversion process but the composition
and lighting in this scene are truly fantastic.
> - Patch to height-field:
> http://oz.irtc.org/ftp/pub/stills/1998-02-28/temple.jpg
That was created using patches originaly ? Wow ! I had
always presumed it was done using a height field. Is the
source for this file available somewhere ?
Thank you for replying to my questions.
Ken Tyler
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