aren't barrels like that made from +/- 10cm wide (4 inches) wooden strips?
not sure about that, but I don't really find the barrel very realistic at
the moment (not taking textures into account)
it seems to be early in the morning (?) so maybe the light should be a
little bit more reddish?
love it though...
"Jaime Vives Piqueres" <jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> wrote in message
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>
>   Thanks to the suggestion by ABX, I managed to get this traced in only
> 12h. Final version will be rendered at 800x600, with more blur_samples.
>
>   Some new details:
>
>   + The barrel is now done with sections of a spherical mesh done with
> HF_Sphere() macro. Traces very fast, specially compared with the previous
> isosurface.
>
>   + The radiosity is loaded from a file that was saved with a simplified
> version of this scene. The rad settings to generate that file were HQ, but
> the image size used was only 80x60! The artifacts have disappeared or
> integrated well on the image: can you see them? ;)
>
>   + I flipped the image as it seems a bit more appealing to me, perhaps
> because the window in my room is placed at left of the monitor.
>
>   There are still missing features: basket handles, better rusted metal
for
> the barrel rings, better wood on the window, and perhaps the addition of
> some small objects on the table. Suggestions are welcome, you know...
>
> --
> Jaime Vives Piqueres
>
> La Persistencia de la Ignorancia
> http://www.ignorancia.org

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