POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Newbie's first flame !! : Re: Newbie's first flame !! Server Time
19 Aug 2024 22:16:44 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Newbie's first flame !!  
From: Jens Nober
Date: 15 Oct 2000 12:47:38
Message: <39E9DFA9.D1157083@stud.informatik.uni-trier.de>
Jens Nober wrote:
> 
> Chris Huff wrote:
> 
> > This looks very good...though it looks too big for a candle flame. Maybe
> > for an oil lamp or torch...or maybe you just caught the candle in
> > mid-sputter.
> 
> ... or I just make the candle bigger ;-)
> But seriously, you are right. That leads to a new problem:
> 
> How to scale down an object with interior media.
> 
> I tried to adapt the size to use the flame in an image, but when
> I scale down the cylinder which contains the media, the media gets
> "weaker", and finally it vanishes.
> 
> I also tried to put a scale down in the density statements, but then
> the media lost its structure and looked really boring.
> 

Let me answer my own question. 

You have to put the scale statement in the media statement, then it
works.

I guess the rule "think first, write later" is true after all.

Jens


Post a reply to this message

Copyright 2003-2023 Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd.