thank you!
i will have a look at this
keep up the good work


"Tek" <tek### [at] evilsuperbraincom> schreef in bericht
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> The backgrounds are HDR (high dynamic range) photos from Paul Debevec's
site:
> http://www.debevec.org/Probes/
>
> They're rendered using MLpov, a modified version of POV3.5 which has
support for
> HDR: http://pov.monde.free.fr/mael/mlpov081eng.html
>
> I started using HDR just the other day, but it's taken me only a couple of
> evenings to get these kinds of results.
>
> --
> Tek
> http://www.evilsuperbrain.com
>
>
> "Lenx" <len### [at] pandorabe> wrote in message
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> > very great work tek! i'm blown away!
> > maybe this is a little off topic, but how did you make the environment?
they
> > look realy nice and add a pic part to the paint.
> > sorry if this is mentioned somewhere else, but i have not enough time to
> > read everything closely.
> > regards
> > lenx
> >
> >
> > "Tek" <tek### [at] evilsuperbraincom> schreef in bericht
> > news:3ec2d3a3@news.povray.org...
> > > For anyone who hasn't been following the other thread: I can't
illuminate
> > my
> > > metallic paint using only radiosity, as it relies on specular
highlights,
> > which
> > > meant I couldn't light it using HDR...
> > >
> > > ...but now I've found a way round it: Here the object is lit by a set
of
> > light
> > > sources distributed round a sphere, with their colours sampled from
the
> > HDR
> > > image. It's very effective and it means I can just change the HDR and
it
> > looks
> > > right. I've not used radiosity, but I guess to combine this with
radiosity
> > you'd
> > > need to turn off the HDR sky sphere and save the radiosity, then turn
it
> > back on
> > > for the final render, otherwise the light sources will combine with
> > radiosity
> > > from the sky sphere and cause twice the illumination in the scene.
> > >
> > > Anyway, the pictures show the paint in a variety of HDR environments,
and
> > the
> > > beach and campus pictures are using a much more metallic type of paint
> > (90%
> > > metallic, compared to 60% in the other pictures).
> > >
> > > The metallic paint is the same code used for the other picture, which
is
> > on
> > > p.b.s-f. I can provide the source code for the light dome trick if
anyone
> > wants
> > > it, but it's pretty straighforwards and my version is a little messy.
> > >
> > > You like? :)
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tek
> > > http://www.evilsuperbrain.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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