I moved the dim fill-in lights and the dial isn't glowing anymore. It
also isn't white enough, but I'm taking a break from it now. Will post
it next to my web gallery page instead of continue to clutter up here
when I finish (ha! finish... funny).
Any comments might help me, and maybe not, thanks just the same.

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Hey! Now this is looking good! :)

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Okay, got it re-done and uploaded to my web space:

 http://members.aol.com/iotadot/l12ogpw.jpg

   [theres a letter "L" then a number one in the files name, just in
case anyone attempts a re-write]

It now has the closest match, so far, to the actual coppery color I
mentioned before, and the dial is whiter too. Although, have to admit, I
haven't really looked at the real watch since I started this re-make).
Basically the same picture besides, used radiosity just to see how it
would go. Above all else the dial image_map needs to be much higher
resolution, there's a tendency to seem out of focus. It was a 300x300
image and it should probably be twice that.


Bob Hughes wrote:
> 
> I moved the dim fill-in lights and the dial isn't glowing anymore. It
> also isn't white enough, but I'm taking a break from it now. Will post
> it next to my web gallery page instead of continue to clutter up here
> when I finish (ha! finish... funny).
> Any comments might help me, and maybe not, thanks just the same.
> 
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Hi !

It's a nice one. But if I may make a few comments : I would decrease the
diffuse value of case of the watch. As apparently you've added a light shining
to the right of the watch, the back of it 'outshines'.
Besides, maybe the use of softs shadows would make this picture more
realistic.





> I moved the dim fill-in lights and the dial isn't glowing anymore. It
> also isn't white enough, but I'm taking a break from it now. Will post
> it next to my web gallery page instead of continue to clutter up here
> when I finish (ha! finish... funny).
> Any comments might help me, and maybe not, thanks just the same.
>
> --
>  omniVERSE: beyond the universe
>   http://members.aol.com/inversez/POVring.htm
>  mailto:inv### [at] aolcom?PoV
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                  Name: 55ogpw.jpg
>    55ogpw.jpg    Type: JPEG Image (image/jpeg)
>              Encoding: base64

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Actually the lights have remained nearly the same, I removed one very
dim one and lowered the brightness of the two main lights. Camera
location has moved slightly. But yes, I know what you mean. The edges
were too bright and I decided it was too much reflection doing it (the
back wall was fairly bright).
I've since added a mirror into the background and changed the "gold"
once again. I was going completely by memory instead of look at the
watch, kept in a drawer right now. Big mistake, it may seem coppery to
me whan I think of real golden coloring but it actually is not much
different than the typical gold ring a person wears. I went and ended up
with a copper tea kettle metal. Well, it will change again.
I did use area lights once, without jitter, problem is not enough shadow
falls onto anything much.
Thanks for the input. You can see the latest 2 images at the upper part
of this webpage:

 http://members.aol.com/iotadot/gallery1.htm



> 
> Hi !
> 
> It's a nice one. But if I may make a few comments : I would decrease the
> diffuse value of case of the watch. As apparently you've added a light shining
> to the right of the watch, the back of it 'outshines'.
> Besides, maybe the use of softs shadows would make this picture more
> realistic.
> 

> 

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