"Stephen" <mcavoys_AT_aolDOT.com> schreef in bericht 
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>
> I like the idea of having a little in joke that is unobtrusive. The 
> problem
> here is, any image will be looked at critically with respect to the 
> poster,
> yours, amongst others more than most. (Your own fault for being so good 
> :-)

Hm hm hm... I shall refrain from posting from now on..... :-)
Well, there is nothing wrong with a good bunch of criticism. Over the years 
that has helped me a lot, sometimes by just discarding it as nonsense   :-) 
In the end, one has to make one's own choices.
The idea of a little joke embedded in the image is always at the back of my 
mind. Sometimes it is functional, sometimes not. In this case, I believe it 
can add an interesting item: the observer is confronted to different story 
lines, one as a neutral observer, one as a participant into the main drama 
plot, one as an actor in the juvenile side story. Others may come to mind I 
am sure. That is left to the observer.

> It's interesting that FlyerX suggested M_Glass3 I've just been maxing the
> PoseRay transparency.
To a question I asked him about the transparency issue with the eyes (Apollo 
Maximus), FlyerX answered as follows
<quote>
In my opinion the iris for this model should not have any highlight. All the 
surface gloss should come from the cornea and EyeWhite materials. If the 
cornea is set to material{M_Glass3} and the iris set to black highlight you 
should get a better result. See attached image. You can go into the POV-Ray 
material tab and add the Glass3 material to the cornea. PoseRay will send 
that material to POV-Ray at render time. For Victoria 2 models I also use 
M_Glass3 as the eyeball material that covers the eye and gives much better 
results that any Poser related material.
<unquote>

> Anti aliasing is something I've been experimenting with recently, trying 
> to
> get the fastest acceptable value for an animation. I'm having fun.
I suppose that for an animation you can get away with a coarser anti 
aliasing?

>
> I'm looking forward to the next version.
Wait and see :-) May take some time now because I am going to render with 
radiosity...

Thomas

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