POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Sphere on checker : Re: Sphere on checker Server Time
12 Aug 2024 13:15:03 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Sphere on checker  
From: Fernando Gonzalez del Cueto
Date: 18 Aug 2003 12:29:52
Message: <3f40ff00@news.povray.org>

news:3f40c5d7$1@news.povray.org...
> It is a heightfield with image map.
>
> In Photoshop(If you have it):
> Render Clouds in black and white into a grid for each color.
> filter;pixalate;crystallize at 10-20.
> filter;stylize;glowing edges(put smooth and bright to full, width to 2)
> convert to 16 bit and gaussian blur at 1
> save as 16bit png. (this may take saving as tiff and converting. I use a
> plugin)
> This now is the heightfield.
>
> The color is applied to this as a layer in 8 bit mode and saved again.

That's very clever! That's a nice trick to have in my toolbox for the future
:)

I liked very much the look of the tiles. They have a very cool vitreous
appearance.

Fernando.


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