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  Re: My version of the reflecting sphere on checkered plane  
From: Margus Ramst
Date: 4 Mar 2000 08:59:39
Message: <38C1173F.DAE993FA@peak.edu.ee>
Ken wrote:
> 
> What's with the strange shadow lines ?
> 

This is just an artifact of using a normal map instead of actual geometry.
You can improve the look of the intersections by using a boxed pattern instead
of averaged gradients; but this will not get rid of the edge artifacts. For
that, I'd suggest an isosurface.

Margus


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