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19 Jul 2024 13:35:40 EDT (-0400)
  Re: cheap smoke (divx)  
From: Tek
Date: 1 Nov 2002 18:44:07
Message: <3dc311c7$1@news.povray.org>
Of course not. I'll post the source in p.b.s-f

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Tek
http://www.evilsuperbrain.com


Remco de Korte <rem### [at] onwijscom> wrote in message
news:3DC25F35.59AB1E61@onwijs.com...
> Excellent trick! Works like a charm. In this case at least.
> Mind if I borrow it?
> :)
>
> Remco
>
>
> Tek wrote:
> >
> > I've been meaning to post this here for ages. This is an early test-render
for
> > the smoke I used in my Meteor entry to the Force Of Nature round. In many
ways I
> > think it looks even better than the smoke in the final animation.
> >
> > The cool thing is, this only took 7 minutes 25 seconds to render!
> >
> > The reason it's so "cheap" is that I've cheated! :) The smoke consists of
lots
> > of discs turned to face the camera. Each disc fades to transparent at the
edge,
> > and has a normal to make it look spherical. There's only 300 particles in
the
> > animation. There's also a couple of bugs that I fixed in the final
animation,
> > but I still like it.
> >
> > Anyone want source?
> >
> > --
> > Tek
> > http://www.evilsuperbrain.com
> >
> >                            Name: cheapsmoke(7-25).avi
> >    cheapsmoke(7-25).avi    Type: WMPLAYER File (video/avi)
> >                        Encoding: x-uuencode


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