Rocket Jock wrote:
> But that's not the point because that's not what
> I meant anyway. I said it was cheating if you
> retouch an image in a paint program, not you
> shouldn't use things from one program in another
> program.

I agree, and was just going a bit overboard with
my overzealous exaggeration...I don't have a
problem with swapping between 3d programs to
build a scene, but I do think retouching the
final render in a paint program is cheating.

> I became an artist because I like the smell
> of burning rubber.

Eh?  Cognition failure.  Burning rubber encourages
artistry?

> We have strayed however because I think the original question was:
> >> Anyone ever managed to create realistic looking
> >> people in Povray? Could you post some examples
> >> of the "state-of-the-art"?
> and then someone mentioned Poser and now the baby's missing
> and all we have is a bathtub with some suds in it.

Actually that is one thing I'd like to do; build a realistic
looking person using just primitives in POV/Moray.  I just
need to work up the ambition.  (And Brutus is an honourable
man.)
-- 
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.scifi-fantasy.com

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