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From: Bob H 
Subject: Solar Probe (trial run 1) [~186K Mpg]
Date: 11 Oct 2000 03:38:15
Message: <39e418e7@news.povray.org>
Okay, get your imaginations out and picture this small and fast animation to
be a vantage point near the Sun where a probe passes by.  The outer shell
separates with a puff of instantly ionized gas as the camera changes to
filter light from the Sun so as to see the solar flares better.
Just trying this idea out to see where it takes me.  Figuring I have to go
with quite a bit of artist license or it won't look any good.
TIA for viewing it.

Bob
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From: Christoph Hormann
Subject: Re: Solar Probe (trial run 1) [~186K Mpg]
Date: 11 Oct 2000 05:09:43
Message: <39E42E57.FE9C06B1@schunter.etc.tu-bs.de>
"Bob H." wrote:
> 
> Okay, get your imaginations out and picture this small and fast animation to
> be a vantage point near the Sun where a probe passes by.  The outer shell
> separates with a puff of instantly ionized gas as the camera changes to
> filter light from the Sun so as to see the solar flares better.
> Just trying this idea out to see where it takes me.  Figuring I have to go
> with quite a bit of artist license or it won't look any good.
> TIA for viewing it.
> 
> Bob

That looks really impressive, how did you do the sun ?

maybe add some firing thrusters to the probe...

The whole movement (camera/probe) looks very pleasant, good work on that.

And please do a larger version too.

Christoph

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From: Rick [Kitty5]
Subject: Re: Solar Probe (trial run 1) [~186K Mpg]
Date: 11 Oct 2000 09:55:15
Message: <39e47143@news.povray.org>
excellent work!, especially the flare on probe seperation, i think you might
be onto a winner with this one!

not sure if i like the way the sun changes tho....

and as chris requested - how about a bigger version :)

Rick


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From: Cris Williams
Subject: Re: Solar Probe (trial run 1) [~186K Mpg]
Date: 11 Oct 2000 10:09:49
Message: <39E474B2.62F6E80C@netscape.net>
Very Cool!  It looks like the two outer shell halves decelerate after they are
blown from the probe.  They should maintain a constant velocity away from it.
On the other hand maybe they do, but the probe is moving away and getting
smaller so fast that its just an illusion.  Anyway, great work!

Cris

"Bob H." wrote:

> Okay, get your imaginations out and picture this small and fast animation to
> be a vantage point near the Sun where a probe passes by.  The outer shell
> separates with a puff of instantly ionized gas as the camera changes to
> filter light from the Sun so as to see the solar flares better.
> Just trying this idea out to see where it takes me.  Figuring I have to go
> with quite a bit of artist license or it won't look any good.
> TIA for viewing it.
>
> Bob
> --
> omniVerse http://users.aol.com/persistenceofv/all.htm
>
>                     Name: solprobe1.mpg
>    solprobe1.mpg    Type: Mplayer2 File (video/mpeg)
>                 Encoding: x-uuencode


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From: Greg M  Johnson
Subject: Re: Solar Probe (trial run 1) [~186K Mpg]
Date: 11 Oct 2000 10:41:52
Message: <39E47AED.EA1CB082@my-dejanews.com>
As everyone else has said, motion is very natural, but change in color of sun is
not well explained.


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From: Bob H 
Subject: Re: Solar Probe (trial run 1) [~186K Mpg]
Date: 11 Oct 2000 20:43:29
Message: <39e50931@news.povray.org>
"Christoph Hormann" <Chr### [at] schunteretctu-bsde> wrote in
message news:39E42E57.FE9C06B1@schunter.etc.tu-bs.de...
|
| That looks really impressive, how did you do the sun ?
|
| maybe add some firing thrusters to the probe...
|
| The whole movement (camera/probe) looks very pleasant, good work on that.
|
| And please do a larger version too.

Done, but I did a major mistake when fooling with clock in the glow portion,
you'll see if you look at it.
The Sun is something I had done earlier in a animation going from Earth to
the Sun at incredible speed.  Well, pretending so.  It's basically a layer
cake of media in spherical density_map using different patterns for corona,
flares, surface and subsurface.  Not really much to it other than the
adjustments to get the right look.
I'm still planning it out far as how it would go.  Idea is for this probe to
get there fast with as little time as possible in the hostile environment.
Low profile, rotating, liquid gas insulation, etc.

Bob


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From: Bob H 
Subject: Re: Solar Probe (trial run 1) [~186K Mpg]
Date: 11 Oct 2000 20:55:34
Message: <39e50c06@news.povray.org>
"Rick [Kitty5]" <ric### [at] kitty5com> wrote in message
news:39e47143@news.povray.org...
| excellent work!, especially the flare on probe seperation, i think you
might
| be onto a winner with this one!
|
| not sure if i like the way the sun changes tho....
|
| and as chris requested - how about a bigger version :)

You're easy to please, it does have it's problems... most of which are
because of me.
I flubbed up the glow expansion.  The idea is to have the camera iris close
or turn into a hydrogen alpha filter as it got more of it in view.  Maybe
never be realistic but I thought it was the only way to show it as both
intensely bright and have flares on the edge appear.
512 by 320 is now here.

Bob


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From: Bob H 
Subject: Re: Solar Probe (trial run 1) [~186K Mpg]
Date: 11 Oct 2000 21:03:08
Message: <39e50dcc@news.povray.org>
"Cris Williams" <wor### [at] netscapenet> wrote in message
news:39E474B2.62F6E80C@netscape.net...
| Very Cool!  It looks like the two outer shell halves decelerate after they
are
| blown from the probe.  They should maintain a constant velocity away from
it.
| On the other hand maybe they do, but the probe is moving away and getting
| smaller so fast that its just an illusion.  Anyway, great work!

Not an illusion, I wasn't sure I could use linear clock with clockmod.inc
(thanks yet again to Chris Colefax) but sure enough it can be, it's simply a
case of choosing other than the ones available.  Needed it to start with 0
at 2/3 clock, anyway I fixed that but messed with the glow expansion and it
now pauses.
Glad you liked.

Bob


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From: Bob H 
Subject: Re: Solar Probe (trial run 1) [~186K Mpg]
Date: 11 Oct 2000 21:06:10
Message: <39e50e82$1@news.povray.org>
"Greg M. Johnson" <gre### [at] my-dejanewscom> wrote in message
news:39E47AED.EA1CB082@my-dejanews.com...
| As everyone else has said, motion is very natural, but change in color of
sun is
| not well explained.

Camera aperture closing or hydrogen alpha filter gradually applied or both,
think of it that way.  However it never will be realistic since I need it to
look theatrical instead.  I like to comply with reality, or try to if I can
but for one thing I couldn't be sure of it in this case.

Bob


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From: Greg M  Johnson
Subject: Re: Solar Probe (trial run 1) [~186K Mpg]
Date: 12 Oct 2000 09:09:33
Message: <39E5B6C9.AB282F9D@my-dejanews.com>
Again, it is very cool, I just think you ought to keep the sun looking all the
time like it did at either the beginning or the end.  Either way, you'll fool us
non-astrophysicists. With a change, the little voice says, "of course that
violates physics/ optics of viewing."

"Bob H." wrote:

> "Greg M. Johnson" <gre### [at] my-dejanewscom> wrote in message
> news:39E47AED.EA1CB082@my-dejanews.com...
> | As everyone else has said, motion is very natural, but change in color of
> sun is
> | not well explained.
>
> Camera aperture closing or hydrogen alpha filter gradually applied or both,
> think of it that way.  However it never will be realistic since I need it to
> look theatrical instead.  I like to comply with reality, or try to if I can
> but for one thing I couldn't be sure of it in this case.
>
> Bob


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