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1 Oct 2024 13:15:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Lightning (3 pics 30kbu)  
From: Gail Shaw
Date: 11 Sep 2000 04:53:25
Message: <39bc9d85@news.povray.org>
Christoph Hormann <Chr### [at] schunteretctu-bsde> wrote in message
news:39B8D89E.A28789A8@schunter.etc.tu-bs.de...
>
>
>
> Sure :-)
>
> -The shape looks good, but the decrease in width is too strong IMO (in
many
> cases, the width/brightness of a lightning stays quite constant during the
path)

the macro takes as a parameter the percentage width of the next section.
I've been
using 97%, but higher would probably be better.

> -It would be good to have the color fading from white to black/darkblue at
the
> edges. (you seem to use objects for the lightning, so this is probbaly not
that
> easy)

The texture is applies before rotation of the sections of the lightning.
Therefore
an onion (??) pattern can be applied. I plan to change the texture to a
material
so that media can be used.

> Christoph
>

Gail
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