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1 Aug 2024 22:14:52 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Ruined Place - WIP 3  
From: Alain
Date: 14 Feb 2008 13:42:22
Message: <47b48b8e$1@news.povray.org>
Thomas de Groot nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2008/02/14 10:41:
> I worked hard on the textures, tweaking Jim Charter's StainedStones macro 
> until it fitted better to the column segments, and hammering out a 
> believable lichen growth (or so I hope). I took the lichen colors from a 
> photograph and tried to reproduce their shape with a crackle solid pattern.
> 
> On the floor tiles this is just not yet good enough I am afraid. I am 
> certainly going to randomize the amount of lichen growth on individual 
> stones in the first place, but I wonder if the growth should not be 
> restricted more to shadowy areas. This is more difficult to obtain. Maybe 
> with a X or Z gradient for the columns? But for the tiles, I don't know.
> 
> Also, I think the diffuse parameter (now at 0.8) should be lowered as the 
> lichen seems too bright overall.
> 
> Rubble is coming later.
> 
> I am sure you have comments to make on this :-)
> 
> Thomas
> 
> 
> 
In my experiance, lichen do grow well on sunlit areas. I've seen large patches 
on bare rock patches on hill tops, with no trees near enough to give any shadows.

-- 
Alain
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When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall
become as corrupt as Europe.
Thomas Jefferson


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