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20 Jul 2024 07:24:46 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Media Fire take 1 (230kau)  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 4 Apr 2001 16:49:52
Message: <3ACB88EF.4AD83AB6@gmx.de>
Rune wrote:
> 
> Because the glow fire works on a black background only I've had to
> experiment with a media solution. This is the result so far. It's not
> perfect but it's a start.
> 

Quite impressive, as already said some more fire like structures would be
good, meaning sharper border and somehow more splitting it up into
flames.  I don't know if that's practicable with the current particle
system approach.  

> 
> In this animation I tried placing the fire in a simple scene, and I think it
> works well. I also tried attaching a light_source to 20% of the particles
> (there are about 30 particles alive at a time), but I don't think it works
> particularly well. The fire doesn't flicker enough to the sides to make it
> worth while.
> 

The moving shadows are looking interesting, maybe radiosity (or even only
radiosity lighting) would be worth trying.  

Christoph

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