My particle system has reached version 0.2 (beta). The system works and
the documentation has been written, but I'm still working on fine-tuning
all details and to creating more demo scenes.

So far there are five example scenes included with the system. Frames
from the demo animations are attached here. This post could be
considered a brief (and incomplete) summary of more than a years worth
of work and experiments with the particle system... :)


The first animation I ever made with my particle system was one I called
"Fairies", posted to p.b.a February 2001. It was made using the glows
feature in MegaPov. Unfortunately it is not possible to make such glow
effects in POV-Ray 3.5. :(
But I have tried to make something a little similar which uses media to
create some glow effects. That animation is included with the particle
system.

The Wild Hose animation which I originally posted also February 2001 in
p.b.a is basically the same as it was back then, but with better
textures than the quick textures I originally used. Having a faster
computer sure helps a lot in that regard. :)

On March 2001 I also posted an animation with flowing particles. This
one too has been improved with a better look by making the liquid
transparent. I also chose to give the liquid a red color to make it
easier to see.

Since I posted the Smoke Trail animation to povray.binaries.animation in
February 2001 the smoke has been improved a lot as can be seen in the
attached image. But I kept the rainbow color effect because - well, I
like it... ;)

Finally there is the Magic Lamp animation which I posted to p.b.a
February this year. That one is also included as a demo scene.


I'm working on some more demo animations already, but if you have any
ideas that you'd like to see in a demo animation, I'm open to
suggestions! :)

Rune
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