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  Re: It's that watch again... (42kbu)  
From: Tom Melly
Date: 8 Mar 2000 12:08:09
Message: <38c688f9$1@news.povray.org>
Jerry <jer### [at] acusdedu> wrote in message
news:jerry-8238F3.07470008032000@news.povray.org...
>
> >Well, the watch is now more or less finished, I just need to tweak the
> >metal texture a bit, it's too white.
>
> It might be simply that there isn't anything for it to reflect. Metal
> textures tend to look white when viewed outside of a scene. I usually
> like to stick a couple of busy planes outside of the camera's view for
> the metal to reflect.
>

A POV bug? - when I look at a reflective surface in real life, there's
always something being reflected ;)


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