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Is it mere coincidence that "Impossible Mission Force" and
"International Monetary Fund" have the same initials? :-)
Also, I'd be a little wary of hanging that thing around my neck if it's
going to self-destruct in 5 seconds.
Looks nice, by the way.
Andy
> Here is the medal my new "employer" gave me.
> "Should you or any of this newsgroup be caught doing great pictures
> with POV, the POV team will disavow none of your known actions.
>
> This post will not self-destruct in five seconds.
>
> Good luck !"
>
> Just for fun but I had a hell of a time laying out the letters. They
> I somewhat changed the words on the medal (I am european). I hope that
> you on the other side of the Atlantic won't be offended.
> One last thing, this is not the final version, but comments on what to
> add are welcomed.
>
>
> By the way, this picture was rendered with X-povray (thanks Mark
> Gordon)
>
> [Image]
--
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"There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches.
How do they smoke??"
-The Riddler
Andrew Woodfin
UNC Charlotte Center for Precision Metrology
adw### [at] unccedu | http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~adwoodfi
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>
> Here is the medal my new "employer" gave me.
> "Should you or any of this newsgroup be caught doing great pictures with POV, the
POV team will
> disavow none of your known actions.
>
> This post will not self-destruct in five seconds.
>
> Good luck !"
>
> Just for fun but I had a hell of a time laying out the letters. They are not all the
same width
> I somewhat changed the words on the medal (I am european). I hope that you on the
other side of
> the Atlantic won't be offended.
> One last thing, this is not the final version, but comments on what to add are
welcomed.
>
>
> By the way, this picture was rendered with X-povray (thanks Mark Gordon)
I very much like the pewter like look of the metal. The theme is
recognizable and lends itself well to this image.
--
Ken Tyler
mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net
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Very nice, but just one small point :)
Why qould an organisation that 'does not exist' produce medals, isn't that a
bit like the Roswell Air Force base selling plastic UFO and Alien models in
its gift shop?
PS How about posting Plain Text?
Rick
news:372F666B.EB683787@club-internet.fr...
Here is the medal my new "employer" gave me.
"Should you or any of this newsgroup be caught doing great pictures with
POV, the POV team will disavow none of your known actions.
This post will not self-destruct in five seconds.
Good luck !"
Just for fun but I had a hell of a time laying out the letters. They are not
I somewhat changed the words on the medal (I am european). I hope that you
on the other side of the Atlantic won't be offended.
One last thing, this is not the final version, but comments on what to add
are welcomed.
By the way, this picture was rendered with X-povray (thanks Mark Gordon)
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> Is it mere coincidence that "Impossible Mission Force" and
> "International Monetary Fund" have the same initials? :-)
> Also, I'd be a little wary of hanging that thing around my neck if it's
> going to self-destruct in 5 seconds.
Hehe. I wouldn't either.
>
> Looks nice, by the way.
>
> Andy
>
>
> > Here is the medal my new "employer" gave me.
> > "Should you or any of this newsgroup be caught doing great pictures
> > with POV, the POV team will disavow none of your known actions.
> >
> > This post will not self-destruct in five seconds.
> >
> > Good luck !"
> >
> > Just for fun but I had a hell of a time laying out the letters. They
> > I somewhat changed the words on the medal (I am european). I hope that
> > you on the other side of the Atlantic won't be offended.
> > One last thing, this is not the final version, but comments on what to
> > add are welcomed.
> >
> >
> > By the way, this picture was rendered with X-povray (thanks Mark
> > Gordon)
> >
> > [Image]
>
> --
>
> --------------------
> "There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches.
> How do they smoke??"
> -The Riddler
>
> Andrew Woodfin
> UNC Charlotte Center for Precision Metrology
> adw### [at] unccedu | http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~adwoodfi
> --------------------
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> Fun huh, o-kay...
> That metal for the medal (ha) is so fine. Very nice. As with many such 3D
> things this one causes me to see an optical illusion, difficult to make
> out which way the imprint is going. That's just me though, I'm sure :)
> The lower words look great, the upper words have obvious separation
> fluctuations. Not a subliminal message about some sort of German WWII "SS"
> orginazation (boo, hiss) is it?
No, I would never do such a thing. I don't do politics when raytracing. ( you
know what you've hit a sore spot)
> The "IMP" part sure seems familiar ;)
> I take it you didn't use something like a curved text include or the
> program Elefont? You're a brave man if not.
>
I used the # fopen file feature. It goes like
"I",3.5,
"M",9.5,
"P",5.5
and so on. The figure after the letters is the width of each letter to center
it on the <0,0,0> point and manipulate them more easily. I can tell you, that
was a head-scratching thing.
Fabien
Thanks for all you comments and those that follow
>
> >
> > Here is the medal my new "employer" gave me.
> > "Should you or any of this newsgroup be caught doing great pictures with
> > POV, the POV team will disavow none of your known actions.
> >
> > This post will not self-destruct in five seconds.
> >
> > Good luck !"
> >
> > Just for fun but I had a hell of a time laying out the letters. They are
> > I somewhat changed the words on the medal (I am european). I hope that
> > you on the other side of the Atlantic won't be offended.
> > One last thing, this is not the final version, but comments on what to
> > add are welcomed.
> >
> >
> > By the way, this picture was rendered with X-povray (thanks Mark Gordon)
> >
> > [Image]
>
> --
> omniVERSE: beyond the universe
> http://members.aol.com/inversez/homepage.htm
> mailto://inversez@aol.com?Subject=PoV-News
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> I very much like the pewter like look of the metal.
I used a trick. A plane with a B&W fractal image_map is set in front of the reflective
medal. It's a
trick commonly used with lightwave.
Fabien
> The theme is
> recognizable and lends itself well to this image.
>
> --
> Ken Tyler
>
> mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net
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> Very nice, but just one small point :)
>
> Why qould an organisation that 'does not exist' produce medals, isn't that a
> bit like the Roswell Air Force base selling plastic UFO and Alien models in
> its gift shop?
Good point but that was just for the fun of makin it.
Fabien
>
>
> PS How about posting Plain Text?
>
> Rick
>
> news:372F666B.EB683787@club-internet.fr...
> Here is the medal my new "employer" gave me.
> "Should you or any of this newsgroup be caught doing great pictures with
> POV, the POV team will disavow none of your known actions.
> This post will not self-destruct in five seconds.
> Good luck !"
> Just for fun but I had a hell of a time laying out the letters. They are not
> I somewhat changed the words on the medal (I am european). I hope that you
> on the other side of the Atlantic won't be offended.
> One last thing, this is not the final version, but comments on what to add
> are welcomed.
> By the way, this picture was rendered with X-povray (thanks Mark Gordon)
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>
>
> > The lower words look great, the upper words have obvious separation
> > fluctuations. Not a subliminal message about some sort of German WWII "SS"
> > orginazation (boo, hiss) is it?
>
> No, I would never do such a thing. I don't do politics when raytracing. ( you
> know what you've hit a sore spot)
So sorry, I regretted my comments immediately myself.
>
> I used the # fopen file feature. It goes like
> "I",3.5,
> "M",9.5,
> "P",5.5
> and so on. The figure after the letters is the width of each letter to center
> it on the <0,0,0> point and manipulate them more easily. I can tell you, that
> was a head-scratching thing.
So you didn't use anything like a font measuring 'include' (forget what,
where it is, or even if it exists), just estimated the widths yourself?
> Fabien
>
> Thanks for all you comments and those that follow
>
--
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http://members.aol.com/inversez/homepage.htm
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Heh, I've done this. Another one, that works great as an environment map,
is to use a hollow sphere with an image mapped to it, and a black box or
plane behind the object. You can really confuse people this way :)
But not Ken, he can't be confused. ;)
GrimDude
vos### [at] arkansasnet
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GrimDude wrote:
>
> Heh, I've done this. Another one, that works great as an environment map,
> is to use a hollow sphere with an image mapped to it, and a black box or
> plane behind the object. You can really confuse people this way :)
>
> But not Ken, he can't be confused. ;)
>
> GrimDude
> vos### [at] arkansasnet
Huh ? What ? Never mind I think.
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