Thanks, I've been looking into the glow plugin for Moray, I gave Keith Hull
an e-mail and am awaiting a response, otherwise I'll have a go at a udo
myself.  I think glows will really improve the scene (I've just implemented
the christmas lights w/media and its just ballooned my rendering time).  I'm
still thinking about the background, possibly a sexy heightfield (Austria
style) and/or snow precipitating and/or fog, who knows.

Thanks again

Peter Cracknell (.com)
"Jamie Davison" <jam### [at] dh70qdu-netcom> wrote in message
news:MPG.146e91061de0b770989838@news.povray.org...
> On Sat, 4 Nov 2000 18:05:17 -0000, Peter Cracknell wrote...
> > I've been working on my University Portfolio for entry pretty much
non-stop
> > and seem to have hit a slight block.  The included image is a christmas
> > style house [stops to watch fireworks out of window] in production.  The
> > image will be finished soon (snow is great means I don't need to produce
the
> > roof tiles), but it still feels a little bare.  Any christmas style
> > suggestions - I would like to have this image finished for Christmas.
I've
> > got christmas lights in production but they use media and its real slow,
> > glows are a possibility but I'm using Moray for the whole lot (I've
already
> > had to increase available memory for Moray because of the amount of
bricks).
> >
> > In short comments pls - improvements and especially suggestions
>
> I think the foreground is pretty much OK, unless you feel like adding a
> snowman.  What it really needs (IMO) is a background.
>
> You might want to play with some small glows using the plugin to simulate
> fairy lights, also try putting some detail into the first floor.
>
> Oh, and change the background colour to black, I did a quick check in
> Photoshop, and it makes the scene look slightly less empty.
>
> Well, you asked :)
>
> Bye for now,
>      Jamie.

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