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From: Ive
Date: 5 Oct 2002 13:43:22
Message: <3d9f24ba@news.povray.org>
> Note that
> I've read that Vicky textures are already compatible with Judy's mapping
> (not tested).
>

Yes, thats true. OK thats fine. One more plus to P5.

> I'm under the impression that hyperealistic hair like this can't be done
> with traditional geometries due to the enormous amount of polys that would
> be required. What Curious Labs could have in store is a way to export the P5
> hair guides to software that support similar hair plugins but us Povers
> won't benefit from this.
>

I try to convert the hair to spline based paths for pov primitives. (Not
even sphere sweeps, they would be too slow to render.) We will see.

> Another very nice feature of P5, btw, is the setup room which allows to make
> posable just about anything. I just turned the Kozaburo hair of the pictures
> into a posable figure and it really works fine. I guess this feature was
> already in PoserPro.
>

Thanks for the hint. I have also never upgraded to ProPack. Well, I guess
I should have made some more experiences with P5 before I come to a
final conclusion.

> There are talks of new animals, but the Content Paradise feature is still
> closed :-( Some of the authors on the P5 credits are specialists of animals
> so let's hope.
>

I do.

-Ive


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