I was trying to use a scattering media to make some clouds but it took
forever to render even with  method 3, so I thought up this trick.  Instead
of using a scattering media I used an emitting media and a slightly offset
absorbing media. It's much faster than scattering, and though not quite
photo-real it looks pretty good. I'll post the source if anyone's
interested.

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Nice. I'd post the code if I were you, as the rest of these guys'll bug you
forever if you don't. :)



Ed Kaiser wrote:

> I was trying to use a scattering media to make some clouds but it took
> forever to render even with  method 3, so I thought up this trick.  Instead
> of using a scattering media I used an emitting media and a slightly offset
> absorbing media. It's much faster than scattering, and though not quite
> photo-real it looks pretty good. I'll post the source if anyone's
> interested.
>
>  [Image]

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Bug. Bug. Bug. 
< British sounding French accent on >
Give us the code or we shall have to bug you a second time.
< British sounding French accent off >
( too much Monty Python :} )
"H.E. Day" wrote:
> 
> Nice. I'd post the code if I were you, as the rest of these guys'll bug you
> forever if you don't. :)
> 

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> Bug. Bug. Bug.
> < British sounding French accent on >
> Give us the code or we shall have to bug you a second time.
> < British sounding French accent off >
> ( too much Monty Python :} )


is there such a thing?

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Ross Litscher wrote:

> > Bug. Bug. Bug.
> > < British sounding French accent on >
> > Give us the code or we shall have to bug you a second time.
> > < British sounding French accent off >
> > ( too much Monty Python :} )
>
> is there such a thing?

I dunno. Ask the penguin on top of my tellevision set.

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My wife says a resounding "YES".

"Jon A. Cruz" wrote:
> 
> Ross Litscher wrote:
> 
> > > Bug. Bug. Bug.
> > > < British sounding French accent on >
> > > Give us the code or we shall have to bug you a second time.
> > > < British sounding French accent off >
> > > ( too much Monty Python :} )
> >
> > is there such a thing?
> 
> I dunno. Ask the penguin on top of my tellevision set.
> 
> --
> "My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
> But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.

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Some look very nice ( in particular the two larger in the top left )
Others look rather blob like... Maybe just oddly shaped...

Ed Kaiser wrote:

> I was trying to use a scattering media to make some clouds but it took
> forever to render even with  method 3, so I thought up this trick.  Instead
> of using a scattering media I used an emitting media and a slightly offset
> absorbing media. It's much faster than scattering, and though not quite
> photo-real it looks pretty good. I'll post the source if anyone's
> interested.
>
>  [Image]

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The edges look good, but the interior has some unreal splotches. 
Perhaps you could make them smoother, or avoid it by making whiter
clouds.

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Ed Kaiser wrote:
> 
> I was trying to use a scattering media to make some clouds but it took
> forever to render even with  method 3, so I thought up this trick.  Instead
> of using a scattering media I used an emitting media and a slightly offset
> absorbing media. It's much faster than scattering, and though not quite
> photo-real it looks pretty good. I'll post the source if anyone's
> interested.
> 
>  [Image]

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Did you say your system clock sets itself back a day late when you reboot?

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I think it could potentially look a lot better. IMHO the change here is too
sudden and the shading does not seem to be consistent; the clouds in front have
bright parts visible while clouds at the back-right do not. Of course 9/10 of
POVing is fiddling with parameters.

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