> I was wondering how one would go about creating different text
> effects in Moray (preferably) or PovRay.  Is a height field the way 
> to go, and if so how do you create it?

Well, a height field is one possibility. At least if you don't want to
see the text from behind in the scene, as the back side cannot be
smoothed using height fields.
I'd create such a height field using a 2D graphics program (like Paint
Shop Pro), using black background and adding the text in white (or
light grey).

> It seems like it would be possible to create a
> program that could add various grayscale gradients to the edge 

You can do this by smoothing. If using PSP, just play around with the
Gaussian Blur.

> or across the face of text to achieve preset or maybe even user
> defined profiles.  

You can make the face shaggy by adding a bit of noise to the picture.
However, you should not add noise to the black background (unless you
really want to).

> It would also be nice to have text follow a predefined path.

I'd like this too. But that should be supported by POV-Ray itself.

Florian Fischer

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