POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Planet texture WIP #3 - Coast : Re: Planet texture WIP #3 - Coast Server Time
31 Jul 2024 22:20:56 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Planet texture WIP #3 - Coast  
From: John VanSickle
Date: 22 Jul 2009 21:09:26
Message: <4a67b846$1@news.povray.org>
Tek wrote:
> I've been mostly working on the normal maps. There's a lot of textures here 
> that are influenced by the pattern of the sea, to create concentric waves 
> near the coast, cliffs on the shore, etc. Rendered without atmosphere to 
> save some time.
> 
> This view is much closer than anything I plan on using in a finished image, 
> but it's a nice way to tweak the texture details.
> 
> There's still a lot of work needed, but what do you think of it so far?

At this distance from a planet, an object the size of an ordinary ocean 
wave is not discernible; it would be far smaller than even one pixel in 
the image here.  Any of the waves you depict here would be the Mother of 
all Tsunamis.

Regards,
John


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