yes, I agree.  I tried 2500 rain drops (spheres and cone with a gradient
texture) and used up over 40 hrs on a P-90 64MB RAM, now have pII-333 256MB RAM
may try again -:)

GrimDude wrote:

> Mark Palmquist wrote in message <36B### [at] earthlinknet>...
> >The rain may be done like in a previous irtc image on 'water' there was a
> >scene of a man going into a house? I think a plane in front of camera with
> a
> >spotted texture streched diagonaly and illuminated with a light fading
> >quick.  just an idea, obviously not getting rain 'into' the scene but might
> >look okay.
> >
>
> I like them SO much better when they're 3D. :)
>
> I did experiment with lenses, and normals, and a few other things.
>
> I did the original intercept image just to set it up for an animation. I
> will have to revisit the Hurri and Heinkel models just a little, and then
> I'll be ready to trace. I expect 32 frames to extend over 19 days and then
> I'll be the only one that ever sees it. heh
>
> GrimDude
> vos### [at] arkansasnet
>
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