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> Halfway between pictures and announcement, since we'll have both.
>
> Here is a picture made using a grass dropping software I wrote this
> summer. The rest of the picture is the result of Marc Jacquier's skills.
>
> This software was written in Java for portability, takes a greyscale
> height_field image as input, and outputs a POV-Ray 3.5 include file. It
> features the following:
> - important memory savings compared with usual loop algorithms, using an
> extension to Gilles Tran's mgrass macros "patch" principle and a
> "dictionary"-style packing algorithm
> - easy slope filtering to remove grass in steepest areas
> - optional mask to allow or prevent grass growth on special locations
> like roads or ponds
> - choice between simple but ugly, and nice, curved blades
> - optional gathering of blades into tufts
> - mesh2 export
> - individual uv-mapping of blades
>
> This free software (GPL) and its documentation are here:
> http://www.wozzeck.net/images/hfcomp/gazon-en.html
>
> Enjoy!

 Sure I'll do.
Impressive image, and impressive features.
I've just downloaded it.
Thank you very much for sharing your work.
Bye.

Txemi Jendrix
http://www.txemijendrix.com

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