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8 Aug 2024 14:24:43 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The Dark Side  
From: Rangifer
Date: 2 Aug 2005 13:34:01
Message: <42efae89$1@news.povray.org>
zorglub wrote:
> A different approach :
> 
> Only one point_light with a negative color at camera position, and an 
> ambient texture.
> 
> camera {
>   location  <0.0, 0, -10.0>
>   direction 1.5*z
>   right     x*image_width/image_height
>   look_at   <0.0, 0.0,  0.0>
> }
> light_source {
>   <0, 0, -15> // same as cam, to eliminate the side/parallax effect
>   color rgb -2 // megative value for dark side, greater than 1 for good 
> contrast ;)
>   shadowless
> }
> // the excellent texture, slightly modified
> #local Surface = texture {
>  pigment { color rgb <0.804, 0.82, 0.85> }
>  normal { agate scale 0.1 }
>  finish { ambient 2 diffuse 1 }  // ambient greater than 1 for good 
> contrast
> }
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
This is a bit like John Bradshaw SEM texture a few years back.
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