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31 Jul 2024 18:28:22 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Animation with billboards  
From: Alain
Date: 7 Jun 2009 10:54:01
Message: <4a2bd489$1@news.povray.org>
Ray Gardener nous illumina en ce 2009-06-06 20:27 -->
> Cousin Ricky wrote:
>> Now that is one wicked water hazard!
> 
> Yep. The heightfield is actually based on part of a real course, 
> although I forget where exactly (the layout anyway; I had to guess at 
> the elevations). Some people like their holes challenging. :)
> 
> There aren't any water hazards actually in the line of play; it's just 
> on the surrounding perimeter. If you shank, on another course you'd be 
> deep in some bad rough anyway (or on another fairway).
> 
> Shadows coming out nice per Alain's suggestion (attached image), the 
> video is about halfway rendered. I added 'no_reflection' to the 
> light-facing billboards as well to keep reflections matched to the 
> cam-facing boards.
> 
> Ray
> 
> 
> 
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> 
Now, the only thing that can tip you is that the bilboards don't self shadow. 
Most peoples won't notice that, it's minimised by the actual texture and the 
shadows from the other ones.


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