> No, it's POV-Ray all right. But it *is* textured discs facing the camera.
>
> Ok, so it's not a replacement for good old media as your observations
> reveal...

Aha! I was consfused by that but now I see it.

That would be a very effective technique for distant explosions or previewing an
animation, but I'd like to see how good it would look with media!

BTW, if you want to get shadows you could get a second set of discs facing the
light source and use the no_image tag :)

--
Tek
http://www.evilsuperbrain.com


Rune <run### [at] mobilixnetdk> wrote in message
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> "Tek" wrote:
> > Looks quite nice, but I'd suggest using isosurfaces or
> > dense media instead to get a more 3D feel.
>
> Isosurfaces have sharp edges and are not easy to use to create flame and
> smoke IMO.
>
> > At the moment it looks a lot like it's just flat
> > polygons facing the camera, which doesn't really
> > suit pov's abilities
>
> Heh, it looks like flat polygons facing the camera? :p
>
> > it's only the early stages of the explosion that you
> > can see the particles are actually media (and even
> > then I had to pause the animation to be sure).
>
> So it first looked like flat textured polygons, but after a closer
> inspection you became sure that it was media after all?
>
> > Where's the shadows?
>
> Arg, you caught me!
>
> > Is this just a real-time animation using a pov rendered
> > explosion texture on each particle?
>
> No, it's POV-Ray all right. But it *is* textured discs facing the camera.
>
> Ok, so it's not a replacement for good old media as your observations
> reveal...
>
> > > The animation is 100 frames long and was rendered
> > > at 320x240 AA 0.3 on a 1GHz computer. Try to guess
> > > how long it took.
> >
> > I'd guess about 5 minutes per frame.... if it is pov...
>
> But here's the positive side. It's only 9 seconds per frame, for a total of
> 15 minutes for the whole animation. Not exactly real-time as you thought,
> but quite fast for a POV-Ray animation.
>
> Rune
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