JC (Exether) wrote:

> I really like it too, it must be a lot of work.

Thanks, yes quite a lot of work, evenings and weekends.

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> Maybe some focal blur, it would show better what to look at and add some
> more realistic looking to the image.

It's a thought, but the painting on the wall is at the same distance as the 
bookcase, and I want the painting to stay sharp. Maybe a slight ground
fog might work.

> I would also improve a bit the book at first plane, scaling down a bit
> the crakle normal (+ turbulence 0.1) so that it's not so obvious that it
> is the all purpose crackle pattern and add thickness to the cover's
> corners and give them a leather texture.

Agreed. I hadn't really realised how obvious the crackle is, and it doesn't
really look like leather either, just a first approximation.
The corners are already thicker than the book, but only by a tiny amount.
I can increase that.

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> JC

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Bill Hails

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