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Nikumaru wrote:
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> I have one question.
> May I use include files provided by POV-Ray, e.g. Textures.inc, Metals.inc and
etc., for my work to enter the
> competition?
Yes, absolutely.
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Ken Tyler - 1400+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/
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Nikumaru wrote:
> I have one question. May I use include files provided by POV-Ray, e.g.
Textures.inc, Metals.inc and etc., for
> my work to enter the competition?
> Nikumaru
A more thoroughly honest answer is that if you make an image which is 100% yours from
scratch, you will derive
greater personal satisfaction from it, and it will obviously make a better "portfolio"
piece. And of course, the
great masters of povray who often win the competition have the uncanny ability to make
a lot of things from
scratch and put them into breathtakingly photorealistic surroundings.
BUT if you say spend 20 hours making a detailed model and then 4 hours attending to
texturing, lighting, scenery,
etc., you will most often be rated much lower than someone who spends 2 minutes
uploading a Poser model and then
spends 24 hours attending to texturing, lighting, scenery, composition, etc. "Not
that there's anything wrong
with that," to quote Kramer. It did seem however that by asking the question, you
seemed to be paying much more
attention to original construction than, IMHO, many of the IRTC judges do. I once
was astounded to read a
3dartists profile where a woman said her career goal was to be the best at "lighting"
for 3d graphics; I on the
other hand seldom have more than two point lights...
"Not that there's anything wrong with that."
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Two? I usually use just one, always placed at <20,30,-40>
But then that's probably just another aspect of my POV-related dementia :-)
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//Mahalis
camera{location<0,0.25,-2> look_at 0.5*y} #declare T=texture{pigment{crackle
scale 0.5 rotate 90 turbulence 0.75 color_map{[0 rgb 1][0.05 rgb 1][0.1
rgb<1,0.25,1>][0.25 rgbf 1][1 rgbf 1]}} finish{ambient 1}} #declare
c=difference{torus{0.5,0.1 rotate -90*x}box{<0.7,0,0.2>,<-0.7,-0.7,-0.2>}}
merge{object{c translate<0.5,0.5,0>} object{c translate<-0.5,0.5,0>}
cylinder{<1,0.5,0>,<1,0,0>,0.1} cylinder{<-1,0.5,0>,<-1,0,0>,0.1}
cylinder{0.5*y,0,0.1} texture{T}}
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"Greg M. Johnson" <gre### [at] my-dejanews com> wrote in message
news:3A8D9739.2241E03F@my-dejanews.com...
> Nikumaru wrote:
>
> > I have one question. May I use include files provided by POV-Ray, e.g.
Textures.inc, Metals.inc and etc., for
> > my work to enter the competition?
> > Nikumaru
>
> A more thoroughly honest answer is that if you make an image which is 100%
yours from scratch, you will derive
> greater personal satisfaction from it, and it will obviously make a better
"portfolio" piece. And of course, the
> great masters of povray who often win the competition have the uncanny
ability to make a lot of things from
> scratch and put them into breathtakingly photorealistic surroundings.
>
> BUT if you say spend 20 hours making a detailed model and then 4 hours
attending to texturing, lighting, scenery,
> etc., you will most often be rated much lower than someone who spends 2
minutes uploading a Poser model and then
> spends 24 hours attending to texturing, lighting, scenery, composition,
etc. "Not that there's anything wrong
> with that," to quote Kramer. It did seem however that by asking the
question, you seemed to be paying much more
> attention to original construction than, IMHO, many of the IRTC judges do.
I once was astounded to read a
> 3dartists profile where a woman said her career goal was to be the best at
"lighting" for 3d graphics; I on the
> other hand seldom have more than two point lights...
>
> "Not that there's anything wrong with that."
>
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