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10 Aug 2024 13:22:49 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Media based cloud testing - thunderhead  
From: Stefan Viljoen
Date: 15 Aug 2004 04:39:39
Message: <411f214a@news.povray.org>
Wolfgang Wieser wrote:

> Reactor wrote:
> 
>> I abandoned the blob pattern and function{ } based thunderhead approach
>> for
>> a slightly more cumbersome but faster rendering one.  I am not completely
>> satisfied with it yet, but with a full scene and other clouds I think it
>> would do pretty well.
>>
> Not bad IMO.
> 
> BTW, I was doing some experiments with your posted media based clouds and
> found that very nice clouds can also be made with scattering only, i.e.
> without emission and absorption. Seems to me to be nearer to the "physical
> reality"...
> 
> I could post the reworked SDL code, if somebody is interested.
> 
> Wolfgang

Please!

-- 
Stefan Viljoen
Software Support Technician
Polar Design Solutions


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