Hmm, lower the fog a bit and it'll be better... and the meta flubber can move a
bit further down as well, it takes to much space as it is..

A nice concept.


Nicholas DePetrillo wrote:
> 
> This image was created using POV ray and rendered in POV ray. It uses a nice
> Chrome material on mostof the objects. I used pictures of Stone henge to
> make stone henge and then i added a previouse work (the flubber character)
> which was made using meta balls. It took forever to render at this
> resolution because of the chrome textures...but it all payed off..
> 
> Please tell me what you think
> 
> N1h### [at] hotmailcom
> 
>  [Image]

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Lewis wrote:
> 
> Thomas Lake wrote:
> >
> > Ya and it took me 7 days to render one of my images!:-)
> >
> 
> And thus begins the first annual lengthiest rendering competition...
> 
> My longest was just a weekend

I have one that has been rendering since '97 and it's still not done.
Course I don't have it rendering all of the time but it still has
the distinction of never having made it to the end.

-- 
Ken Tyler

mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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Hmm, if I should now choose to finish a trace I abandoned somewhere in May
'97, will I get a medal? Nah, I'll wait a month and then declare my 2-year
render finished :)

Margus

Ken wrote in message <37175B18.E1A073CD@pacbell.net>...
>
>I have one that has been rendering since '97 and it's still not done.
>Course I don't have it rendering all of the time but it still has
>the distinction of never having made it to the end.
>
>--
>Ken Tyler
>
>mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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Scott McDonald <sco### [at] metrolinkcom> wrote in message
news:371406BC.B6D94EE1@metrolink.com...
> Nicholas DePetrillo wrote:
> >
> > Oh by the way...It took about 30 min to render on my PC... 50 mgz
celeron,
> > (400 overclocked) and it was converted to Jpeg by adobe photoshop.
>
> 30 minutes is the forever it took to render?  <THWAP!>
> Interesting piece, would be more interesting with a bit of a ground
> texture and a sky though.  And of course would take much longer to
> render, but I think it'd be worth it.
>
> (30 minutes, geez, the candle dragon pic takes 30 minutes on my k6/2 333
> at 512x384)

I got sick of pix using media tying up my computer, so I dug my old 486-33
out of the closet.  The pic it is rendering now is flying along at about one
pixel per minute.  The final image (640*480) will take about 200 days to
render !!!!!

Eric

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convincing people he didn't exist..."
- Verbal Kent.
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Using reverse psychology on yourself? Thinking maybe you'll see a vast
improvement between the two computers, that sort of thing? ;)


Eric Freeman wrote:
> 
> I got sick of pix using media tying up my computer, so I dug my old 486-33
> out of the closet.  The pic it is rendering now is flying along at about one
> pixel per minute.  The final image (640*480) will take about 200 days to
> render !!!!!
> 
> Eric
> 
> -------------------
> "The best trick the devil ever pulled was
> convincing people he didn't exist..."
> - Verbal Kent.
> -------------------
> http://www.ametro.net/~ericfree

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funny, i have actually concidered getting a cheap 486DX100 / P90 just to
leave renders running on... hmm

Rick

Eric Freeman <eri### [at] geocitiescom> wrote in message
news:37239be4.0@news.povray.org...
> Scott McDonald <sco### [at] metrolinkcom> wrote in message
> news:371406BC.B6D94EE1@metrolink.com...
> > Nicholas DePetrillo wrote:
> > >
> > > Oh by the way...It took about 30 min to render on my PC... 50 mgz
> celeron,
> > > (400 overclocked) and it was converted to Jpeg by adobe photoshop.
> >
> > 30 minutes is the forever it took to render?  <THWAP!>
> > Interesting piece, would be more interesting with a bit of a ground
> > texture and a sky though.  And of course would take much longer to
> > render, but I think it'd be worth it.
> >
> > (30 minutes, geez, the candle dragon pic takes 30 minutes on my k6/2 333
> > at 512x384)
>
> I got sick of pix using media tying up my computer, so I dug my old 486-33
> out of the closet.  The pic it is rendering now is flying along at about
one
> pixel per minute.  The final image (640*480) will take about 200 days to
> render !!!!!
>
> Eric
>
> -------------------
> "The best trick the devil ever pulled was
> convincing people he didn't exist..."
> - Verbal Kent.
> -------------------
> http://www.ametro.net/~ericfree
>
>
>
>

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I just love Linux....
I actually can leave a render in background for all that time, and I don't have
to bother..
oh, yes, it's niced, andd I know I risk a crash to ruin it all (continue trace
:-).
The most important fact for me now is to keep the renders on a low memory
consumption rate...   nothing extreme there... but media can do well...



"Rick (Kitty5)" wrote:
> 
> funny, i have actually concidered getting a cheap 486DX100 / P90 just to
> leave renders running on... hmm
> 
> Rick
> 
> Eric Freeman <eri### [at] geocitiescom> wrote in message
> news:37239be4.0@news.povray.org...
> > Scott McDonald <sco### [at] metrolinkcom> wrote in message
> > news:371406BC.B6D94EE1@metrolink.com...
> > > Nicholas DePetrillo wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Oh by the way...It took about 30 min to render on my PC... 50 mgz
> > celeron,
> > > > (400 overclocked) and it was converted to Jpeg by adobe photoshop.
> > >
> > > 30 minutes is the forever it took to render?  <THWAP!>
> > > Interesting piece, would be more interesting with a bit of a ground
> > > texture and a sky though.  And of course would take much longer to
> > > render, but I think it'd be worth it.
> > >
> > > (30 minutes, geez, the candle dragon pic takes 30 minutes on my k6/2 333
> > > at 512x384)
> >
> > I got sick of pix using media tying up my computer, so I dug my old 486-33
> > out of the closet.  The pic it is rendering now is flying along at about
> one
> > pixel per minute.  The final image (640*480) will take about 200 days to
> > render !!!!!
> >
> > Eric
> >
> > -------------------
> > "The best trick the devil ever pulled was
> > convincing people he didn't exist..."
> > - Verbal Kent.
> > -------------------
> > http://www.ametro.net/~ericfree
> >
> >
> >
> >

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//Spider
        [ spi### [at] bahnhofse ]-[ http://www.bahnhof.se/~spider/ ]
What I can do and what I could do, I just don't know anymore
                "Marian"
        By: "Sisters Of Mercy"

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Hi Spider

Talking about Linux I JUST got it and I'm new to linux:-)

Spider wrote:

> I just love Linux....
> I actually can leave a render in background for all that time, and I don't have
> to bother..
> oh, yes, it's niced, andd I know I risk a crash to ruin it all (continue trace
> :-).
> The most important fact for me now is to keep the renders on a low memory
> consumption rate...   nothing extreme there... but media can do well...
>
> "Rick (Kitty5)" wrote:
> >
> > funny, i have actually concidered getting a cheap 486DX100 / P90 just to
> > leave renders running on... hmm
> >
> > Rick
> >
> > Eric Freeman <eri### [at] geocitiescom> wrote in message
> > news:37239be4.0@news.povray.org...
> > > Scott McDonald <sco### [at] metrolinkcom> wrote in message
> > > news:371406BC.B6D94EE1@metrolink.com...
> > > > Nicholas DePetrillo wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Oh by the way...It took about 30 min to render on my PC... 50 mgz
> > > celeron,
> > > > > (400 overclocked) and it was converted to Jpeg by adobe photoshop.
> > > >
> > > > 30 minutes is the forever it took to render?  <THWAP!>
> > > > Interesting piece, would be more interesting with a bit of a ground
> > > > texture and a sky though.  And of course would take much longer to
> > > > render, but I think it'd be worth it.
> > > >
> > > > (30 minutes, geez, the candle dragon pic takes 30 minutes on my k6/2 333
> > > > at 512x384)
> > >
> > > I got sick of pix using media tying up my computer, so I dug my old 486-33
> > > out of the closet.  The pic it is rendering now is flying along at about
> > one
> > > pixel per minute.  The final image (640*480) will take about 200 days to
> > > render !!!!!
> > >
> > > Eric
> > >
> > > -------------------
> > > "The best trick the devil ever pulled was
> > > convincing people he didn't exist..."
> > > - Verbal Kent.
> > > -------------------
> > > http://www.ametro.net/~ericfree
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> //Spider
>         [ spi### [at] bahnhofse ]-[ http://www.bahnhof.se/~spider/ ]
> What I can do and what I could do, I just don't know anymore
>                 "Marian"
>         By: "Sisters Of Mercy"

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ok. as a newbie to another then..

I'm not many weeks into my second try of linux, and my only real tips are...
take you time, try things, and have backups of EVERYTHING.
(yep, i've made a fool of myself some times... messed in the wrong config and so
on...)



Thomas Lake wrote:
> 
> Hi Spider
> 
> Talking about Linux I JUST got it and I'm new to linux:-)
> 
> Spider wrote:
> 
> > I just love Linux....
> > I actually can leave a render in background for all that time, and I don't have
> > to bother..
> > oh, yes, it's niced, andd I know I risk a crash to ruin it all (continue trace
> > :-).
> > The most important fact for me now is to keep the renders on a low memory
> > consumption rate...   nothing extreme there... but media can do well...
> >
> > "Rick (Kitty5)" wrote:
> > >
> > > funny, i have actually concidered getting a cheap 486DX100 / P90 just to
> > > leave renders running on... hmm
> > >
> > > Rick
> > >
> > > Eric Freeman <eri### [at] geocitiescom> wrote in message
> > > news:37239be4.0@news.povray.org...
> > > > Scott McDonald <sco### [at] metrolinkcom> wrote in message
> > > > news:371406BC.B6D94EE1@metrolink.com...
> > > > > Nicholas DePetrillo wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Oh by the way...It took about 30 min to render on my PC... 50 mgz
> > > > celeron,
> > > > > > (400 overclocked) and it was converted to Jpeg by adobe photoshop.
> > > > >
> > > > > 30 minutes is the forever it took to render?  <THWAP!>
> > > > > Interesting piece, would be more interesting with a bit of a ground
> > > > > texture and a sky though.  And of course would take much longer to
> > > > > render, but I think it'd be worth it.
> > > > >
> > > > > (30 minutes, geez, the candle dragon pic takes 30 minutes on my k6/2 333
> > > > > at 512x384)
> > > >
> > > > I got sick of pix using media tying up my computer, so I dug my old 486-33
> > > > out of the closet.  The pic it is rendering now is flying along at about
> > > one
> > > > pixel per minute.  The final image (640*480) will take about 200 days to
> > > > render !!!!!
> > > >
> > > > Eric
> > > >
> > > > -------------------
> > > > "The best trick the devil ever pulled was
> > > > convincing people he didn't exist..."
> > > > - Verbal Kent.
> > > > -------------------
> > > > http://www.ametro.net/~ericfree
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > --
> > //Spider
> >         [ spi### [at] bahnhofse ]-[ http://www.bahnhof.se/~spider/ ]
> > What I can do and what I could do, I just don't know anymore
> >                 "Marian"
> >         By: "Sisters Of Mercy"

-- 
//Spider
        [ spi### [at] bahnhofse ]-[ http://www.bahnhof.se/~spider/ ]
What I can do and what I could do, I just don't know anymore
                "Marian"
        By: "Sisters Of Mercy"

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Bob Hughes <inv### [at] aolcom> wrote in message
news:37243B61.89514C38@aol.com...
> Using reverse psychology on yourself? Thinking maybe you'll see a vast
> improvement between the two computers, that sort of thing? ;)

After working on a 400mhz machine all day I need something to convince me
that my 133 home PC is fast.

Eric (heading to the attic to see if I can find my old 8088-based Zenith PC.
Has anybody ported POV to the TRS-80???)

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--- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
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