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  Re: Raining...  
From: Darren New
Date: 16 Feb 2007 18:19:17
Message: <45d63bf5$1@news.povray.org>
Trevor G Quayle wrote:
> 1. adjusted the drops on the glass so they have more of a drooping
> appearance as suggested.

That looks much better.

> 2. changed the falling drops to spheres as real raindrops should be

Well, real raindrops aren't round. Air resistance prevents that. They're 
kind of bowl-shaped, actually. But having them streaky (like you 
originally had) makes them look OK. It's not like your eyes can actually 
see falling rain drop-by-drop anyway.

> (unfortunately this takes away the falling effect of the rain :( )
> 3. changed the cracked paint to an actual isosurface instead of just surface
> normals to make it 'stand out' more. (for some reasons normals always look
> flat to me)

I think that gives it a much better sense of scale. Before, I couldn't 
even tell what the floating thing was supposed to be.

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   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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