On 3/9/2017 7:59 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 9-3-2017 6:11, dick balaska wrote:
>> 30 years on and I have a newbie problem.
>> I notice that my wood textures change depending on the camera angle.
>> This is irksome.  i.e.
>> http://www.buckosoft.com/tteoac/video/frames/ttho1909.png
>> http://www.buckosoft.com/tteoac/video/frames/ttho1912.png
>>
>> texture{
>>   pigment {
>>     P_WoodGrain1A
>>     color_map { M_Ash }
>>     rotate x*2*rand(FamRoomFloorRand)
>>     scale 1.5*inches*rand(FamRoomFloorRand)+0.75*feet
>>     rotate y*90
>>     translate <rand(FamRoomFloorRand)*100*inches,
>>                rand(FamRoomFloorRand)*100*inches,
>>                rand(FamRoomFloorRand)*100>
>>   }
>> }
>>
>> I don't recall the dude who does the wood puzzles having this issue.
>>
>
> Isn't that because of all those rand()? In an animation I would not be
> surprised if this happened. The trick would be to keep the texture
> declaration outside of the video loop I guess.
>

I suspect that too.
Mike what happens if you animate the scene without moving the camera?

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     Stephen

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