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From: stephen parkinson
Date: 15 May 2004 17:19:55
Message: <40a6897b$1@news.povray.org>
Alex Kluchikov wrote:
>   Hm... Don't I have an imagination? There are a great deal, a MEGA lot of
> reflective spheres on checkered planes here! But I can not keep myself off
> posting another one. :)
>   Now some words about the scene. The sphere is just a sphere and the plane
> is just plane. 3 slightly colored lights and environment sphere are common
> for all scenes I made.
>   The real trick is plane texture. I found out a way to create checker bump.
> It is multiplication of 2 perpendicular sines (sin(x)*sin(z)), powered and
> normalized into range of (0, 1). This pattern looks like blurred checker and
> appears to be very suitable for bumping. If you want more detailed
> description, I'll post the source.
>   I'll be glad to receive comments.
>   By the way, I'm going to move to another city, Kiev, about 1000 km far
> from mine. I was suggested to become a game developer. I Hope, I will find
> time to create scenes and to post them here. Wish me good luck, please.
>   Sincerely Yours,
>   Alex Kluchikov.
> 
> 
> 

if you create scenes for games as nice as this, you'll have a very 
enjoyable job for life and a good salary.

best of good luck to you

stephen


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