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From: Rune
Subject: Sphere in Cube Logo
Date: 9 May 2000 10:05:28
Message: <39181b28@news.povray.org>
This is my latest attempt at making a logo for POV-Ray. It's a simple logo
showing a sphere inside a box thing.

Both the sphere and the box fits just exactly inside a unit cube, and the
sphere exactly just touches the box. Oh, and both versions were made in
POV-Ray...

I don't think this logo is that nice compared to certain other logos, but i
thought I'd post it anyway.

So, what do you think?

Greetings,

Rune

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From: Bill DeWitt
Subject: Re: Sphere in Cube Logo
Date: 9 May 2000 10:13:26
Message: <39181d06@news.povray.org>
I really like it.

"Rune" <run### [at] inamecom> wrote in message
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> This is my latest attempt at making a logo for POV-Ray. It's a simple logo
> showing a sphere inside a box thing.
>
> Both the sphere and the box fits just exactly inside a unit cube, and the
> sphere exactly just touches the box. Oh, and both versions were made in
> POV-Ray...
>
> I don't think this logo is that nice compared to certain other logos, but
i
> thought I'd post it anyway.
>
> So, what do you think?
>
> Greetings,
>
> Rune
>
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From: Rune
Subject: Re: Sphere in Cube Logo
Date: 9 May 2000 14:54:16
Message: <39185ed8@news.povray.org>
"Bill DeWitt" wrote:
> I really like it.

Thanks! :-)

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Rune

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From: Peter Popov
Subject: Re: Sphere in Cube Logo
Date: 9 May 2000 16:28:45
Message: <f8rghscc5rtiq64jbftnulfj4f7n9l7t2v@4ax.com>
On Tue, 9 May 2000 15:31:55 +0200, "Rune" <run### [at] inamecom>
wrote:

>This is my latest attempt at making a logo for POV-Ray. It's a simple logo
>showing a sphere inside a box thing.

Very simple, yet very good! My only objection is that on the b/w scale
some of the seams of the cylinders forming the cube edges are visible
and some are not.


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From: Chris Huff
Subject: Re: Sphere in Cube Logo
Date: 9 May 2000 16:53:14
Message: <chrishuff_99-A5F762.15563409052000@news.povray.org>
In article <39181b28@news.povray.org>, "Rune" <run### [at] inamecom> 
wrote:

> This is my latest attempt at making a logo for POV-Ray. It's a simple 
> logo showing a sphere inside a box thing.
> 
> Both the sphere and the box fits just exactly inside a unit cube, and the
> sphere exactly just touches the box. Oh, and both versions were made in
> POV-Ray...

I like it...I don't see any relationship to the name "POV-Ray", but that 
isn't a requirement. It is a nice logo, how does it hold up to smaller 
resolutions?
Oh, and how did you do the outline version? It looks like the output of 
the find_edges post process filter, but you would have had to compile 
your own version to use that...I am guessing a very high brilliance 
value?

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From: Nick Portelli
Subject: Re: Sphere in Cube Logo
Date: 9 May 2000 18:41:38
Message: <3918957A.9E32B54D@pilot.msu.edu>
I like this.  I'm not sure about the texture on the cube though.

Rune wrote:
> 
> This is my latest attempt at making a logo for POV-Ray. It's a simple logo
> showing a sphere inside a box thing.
> 
> Both the sphere and the box fits just exactly inside a unit cube, and the
> sphere exactly just touches the box. Oh, and both versions were made in
> POV-Ray...
> 
> I don't think this logo is that nice compared to certain other logos, but i
> thought I'd post it anyway.
> 
> So, what do you think?
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Rune
> 
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>  [Image]
> 
>  [Image]


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From: TonyB
Subject: Re: Sphere in Cube Logo
Date: 9 May 2000 20:14:55
Message: <3918a9ff@news.povray.org>
Nice.

>Both the sphere and the box fits just exactly inside a unit cube, and the
>sphere exactly just touches the box. Oh, and both versions were made in
>POV-Ray...

Cool.

>I don't think this logo is that nice compared to certain other logos, but i
>thought I'd post it anyway.

You are your own worst critic. :)

>So, what do you think?

Work on the box texture in the color version. Also, I would recommend you
post in icon size so we can look at that. Good work. :)


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From: Rick [Kitty5]
Subject: Re: Sphere in Cube Logo
Date: 10 May 2000 06:50:53
Message: <39193f0d$1@news.povray.org>
nice concept you have there.

Rick


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From: Rune
Subject: Re: Sphere in Cube Logo
Date: 10 May 2000 12:48:45
Message: <391992ed@news.povray.org>
"Peter Popov" wrote:
> > This is my latest attempt at making a
> > logo for POV-Ray. It's a simple logo
> > showing a sphere inside a box thing.
>
> Very simple, yet very good!

Thanks!

> My only objection is that on the b/w
> scale some of the seams of the cylinders
> forming the cube edges are visible and
> some are not.

It's supposed to be that way.
That's a result of the shading of the object.
The point is that surface normals close to perpendicular to the viewing
direction are black.

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From: Rune
Subject: Re: Sphere in Cube Logo
Date: 10 May 2000 12:48:48
Message: <391992f0@news.povray.org>
"Chris Huff" wrote:
> "Rune" wrote:
> > This is my latest attempt at making a
> > logo for POV-Ray. It's a simple logo
> > showing a sphere inside a box thing.
>
> I like it...

Glad you do!

> It is a nice logo, how does it hold up
> to smaller resolutions?

I'll post an icon size version...

> Oh, and how did you do the outline
> version? It looks like the output of the
> find_edges post process filter, but you
> would have had to compile your own
> version to use that...I am guessing a
> very high brilliance value?

I presume you meant a very low brilliance value?
A very low brilliance value wouldn't work because the whole half part of an
object would be lit, and thus you can't have a black line at both sides of
the object.

It's not a post-process filter either.

It's a contrast "filter" made inside POV-Ray.

The object itself is shaded by a light at the same location as the camera.

In front of the object I have a plane with color rgb 0.5 and transmit 100
and ambient 1 and diffuse 0. Well, not exactly. Because of an unwanted
"feature" in POV-Ray the actual method is slightly more complicated. You can
read more about it in povray.general in the thread "transmit > 1".
Unfortunately not many did reply to my questions there! :-(

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From: Rune
Subject: Re: Sphere in Cube Logo
Date: 10 May 2000 12:48:49
Message: <391992f1@news.povray.org>
"Rick [Kitty5]" wrote:
> nice concept you have there.

Thanks!

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Rune

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From: Rune
Subject: Re: Sphere in Cube Logo
Date: 10 May 2000 12:48:51
Message: <391992f3@news.povray.org>
"Nick Portelli" wrote:
> I like this.

Thanks!

> I'm not sure about the texture on the cube though.

The color version is just an *example* of how the logo could be presented.
My example doesn't have to be perfect, because people can always make their
own versions. :-)

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From: Rune
Subject: Re: Sphere in Cube Logo
Date: 10 May 2000 12:48:52
Message: <391992f4@news.povray.org>
"TonyB" wrote:
> Nice.
>
> Cool.

Thanks!

> Work on the box texture in the color version.

The color version is not the logo itself. It is just an example of how it
could be presented. Therefore the example doesn't have to be perfect,
because people can just make their own versions!

> Also, I would recommend you post in icon
> size so we can look at that.

I will do that!

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From: Peter Popov
Subject: Re: Sphere in Cube Logo
Date: 10 May 2000 15:54:08
Message: <mefjhsgp54d9rf9ciepi0tsj21hp3t8v8t@4ax.com>
On Wed, 10 May 2000 17:04:35 +0200, "Rune" <run### [at] inamecom>
wrote:

>> My only objection is that on the b/w
>> scale some of the seams of the cylinders
>> forming the cube edges are visible and
>> some are not.
>
>It's supposed to be that way.
>That's a result of the shading of the object.
>The point is that surface normals close to perpendicular to the viewing
>direction are black.

I know, it's because you actually rendered it in POV (very high
brilliance, right?). Still, try retouching it in a paint program and
see if looks better. I think it will.


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From: Chris Huff
Subject: Re: Sphere in Cube Logo
Date: 10 May 2000 16:41:54
Message: <chrishuff_99-445F41.15451510052000@news.povray.org>
In article <391992f0@news.povray.org>, "Rune" <run### [at] inamecom> 
wrote:

> I presume you meant a very low brilliance value?
> A very low brilliance value wouldn't work because the whole half part 
> of an object would be lit, and thus you can't have a black line at 
> both sides of the object.

No, I meant a high value. If you use a value of around 15 or more, and 
have the main light source very near the camera, the "shading" becomes 
highly exaggerated, there are large areas of nearly flat color and the 
objects have black edges.


> It's not a post-process filter either.
> 
> It's a contrast "filter" made inside POV-Ray.
> 
> The object itself is shaded by a light at the same location as the 
> camera.
> 
> In front of the object I have a plane with color rgb 0.5 and transmit 
> 100 and ambient 1 and diffuse 0. Well, not exactly. Because of an 
> unwanted "feature" in POV-Ray the actual method is slightly more 
> complicated. You can read more about it in povray.general in the 
> thread "transmit > 1". Unfortunately not many did reply to my 
> questions there! :-(

Hmm, an interesting way to do it...the same as the "high brilliance" 
method up to the point of the transmitting plane...

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From: Rune
Subject: Icon sizes
Date: 10 May 2000 16:54:05
Message: <3919cc6d@news.povray.org>
Here's a simple b&w in 32x32 and another similar, but with colored
background.

Greetings,

Rune

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From: Rune
Subject: Re: Sphere in Cube Logo
Date: 10 May 2000 17:42:17
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"Chris Huff" wrote:
> > I presume you meant a very low
> > brilliance value?
>
> No, I meant a high value. If you use a
> value of around 15 or more, and have the
> main light source very near the camera,
> the "shading" becomes highly exaggerated,
> there are large areas of nearly flat color
> and the objects have black edges.

This way the object becomes too dark and you still don't get the sharp edges
between black and white.

> > It's a contrast "filter" made inside
> > POV-Ray.
>
> Hmm, an interesting way to do it...the
> same as the "high brilliance" method up
> to the point of the transmitting plane...

Well, the transmitting plane is the whole point...

But as I said, there's a problem in POV-Ray.
If you know or is able to obtain knowledge of how POV-Ray handles transmit
values internally, would you reply to the thread "transmit > 1" in
povray.general? Please?

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From: Rune
Subject: Re: Sphere in Cube Logo
Date: 10 May 2000 17:42:20
Message: <3919d7bc@news.povray.org>
"Peter Popov" wrote:
> I know, it's because you actually rendered
> it in POV (very high brilliance, right?).

No, that wouldn't work, see the reply to Chris Huff.

> Still, try retouching it in a paint program and
> see if looks better. I think it will.

I think it looks nice as is, and I'm not sure exactly what you mean anyway,
so I won't. However, you are welcome to "steal" the logo and try to improve
it yourself, and then present it in this newsgroup and hear if people like
your version better! :-)

Greetings,

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