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Two? I usually use just one, always placed at <20,30,-40>
But then that's probably just another aspect of my POV-related dementia :-)
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//Mahalis
camera{location<0,0.25,-2> look_at 0.5*y} #declare T=texture{pigment{crackle
scale 0.5 rotate 90 turbulence 0.75 color_map{[0 rgb 1][0.05 rgb 1][0.1
rgb<1,0.25,1>][0.25 rgbf 1][1 rgbf 1]}} finish{ambient 1}} #declare
c=difference{torus{0.5,0.1 rotate -90*x}box{<0.7,0,0.2>,<-0.7,-0.7,-0.2>}}
merge{object{c translate<0.5,0.5,0>} object{c translate<-0.5,0.5,0>}
cylinder{<1,0.5,0>,<1,0,0>,0.1} cylinder{<-1,0.5,0>,<-1,0,0>,0.1}
cylinder{0.5*y,0,0.1} texture{T}}
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"Greg M. Johnson" <gre### [at] my-dejanews com> wrote in message
news:3A8D9739.2241E03F@my-dejanews.com...
> Nikumaru wrote:
>
> > I have one question. May I use include files provided by POV-Ray, e.g.
Textures.inc, Metals.inc and etc., for
> > my work to enter the competition?
> > Nikumaru
>
> A more thoroughly honest answer is that if you make an image which is 100%
yours from scratch, you will derive
> greater personal satisfaction from it, and it will obviously make a better
"portfolio" piece. And of course, the
> great masters of povray who often win the competition have the uncanny
ability to make a lot of things from
> scratch and put them into breathtakingly photorealistic surroundings.
>
> BUT if you say spend 20 hours making a detailed model and then 4 hours
attending to texturing, lighting, scenery,
> etc., you will most often be rated much lower than someone who spends 2
minutes uploading a Poser model and then
> spends 24 hours attending to texturing, lighting, scenery, composition,
etc. "Not that there's anything wrong
> with that," to quote Kramer. It did seem however that by asking the
question, you seemed to be paying much more
> attention to original construction than, IMHO, many of the IRTC judges do.
I once was astounded to read a
> 3dartists profile where a woman said her career goal was to be the best at
"lighting" for 3d graphics; I on the
> other hand seldom have more than two point lights...
>
> "Not that there's anything wrong with that."
>
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