Bob,

The opening starts with a side view of the text, from the rightmost ( Y/L )
end.  The text rotates and as it gets to 90 degrees from its original (well ok,
-90) position it flashes and shimmers becasuse it is really shiny, like polished
metal.  I've played around and gotten the text to rotate and look kinda shiny,
but I know it can look much better, its just beyond my patience.  If you run the
file below, it looks best at 45 frames, clock values 0 to 1.

#include "colors.inc"
  #include "textures.inc"
  #include "finish.inc"
  #include "metals.inc"
  camera {
    location <0,0,-3>
    look_at 0
  }

light_source { <0,0,-1000> White
        cylinder
        radius 20
        falloff 20
        tightness 0
        point_at <0,.2,0> }

text { ttf "papyrus.ttf" "Z A B " .3, 0
     texture { Aluminum }
     finish {
        ambient .1
        diffuse .8
        reflection .75
        metallic
     }
      translate -1.375*x
      rotate y*90
      rotate -y*90*clock
       }



omniVERSE wrote:

> Guess you'll only get some help from others that have seen the movie and
> also remember the title sequence.
> I found this: http://www.spe.sony.com/movies/heavymetal/
> Probably not the same graphic you're looking to do though.
> How about a description of the effect?  Unless someone answers here sooner
> or later and can help already.
>
> Bob

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