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It's a really cool image, but it's hard to see the tree near the bottom of the
tree. There is a glob of light that looks funny and I can't identify it. More
variation in the color would be nice.
I applaud anyone who can wait 25 hours for a test render... you either have a
life or a second computer. ; )
Josh
David Heys wrote:
> This is a play image that's starting to diverge in new directions. I'm not
> sure where it'll eventually end up.. I've been thinking maybe I'll stick it
> in a scene with large Sequoia-type trees in a little knoll with moonlight
> streaming in.. I may change the shape of it all too. I like the concept,
> which is what I was testing out more than anything else, and will branch out
> from here.
> I am especially happy with the sparklies, which are just sphere/cone
> constructs with ior and some scattering media play about them. though some
> of them near the ground are too low.
>
> Comments?
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> Oh. Render took 25 hours on a Celeron 500 with 32 MB ram. Render was done in
> Megapov 4 with radiosity.
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> David
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> [Image]
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Josh English <eng### [at] spiritone com> wrote in message
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> It's a really cool image, but it's hard to see the tree near the bottom of
the
> tree. There is a glob of light that looks funny and I can't identify it.
More
> variation in the color would be nice.
Actually, there's no tree there, though the scene does tend to have a
christmas feel to it. It's purely unintended I assure you. :{) Instead,
it's really just a glassy spiral blob thingie with a columnar area light
inside it. Add in a cone with spiral2 patterned scattering media, and a
bunch of unioned cones/spheres with emitting media for the sparklers and
that's the scene. Not much yet, but I'm happy with it so far.
> I applaud anyone who can wait 25 hours for a test render... you either
have a
> life or a second computer. ; )
Both. Two celeron 500's. One at each end of the couch in the livingroom. Two
kids and 3 cats contribute to the life. :{)
David
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It's pretty neat, but 25 hours!?
Looks like something similar to the dreaded overlapping media problem which
was seen in my tornado picture. Don't suppose you want to increase samples
for an even longer render :-)
What method type of media, 1,2 or 3?
Bob
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I think a lot of the 25 hr cost was due to the radiosity which seems to have
had subtle benefits, but were not worth the time expenditure at this point.
But once I'd had it running overnight, I was loath to stop it.
Type 3 was used for the emitting media in each sparkly bit, and type 3 was
used for the scattering media in the transparent cone surrounding the spiral
glassy object.
As a test case, I'm happy with it. I've learnt a lot and can now take this
and use elements towards another image.
David
Bob Hughes <per### [at] aol com?subject=PoV-News:> wrote in message
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> It's pretty neat, but 25 hours!?
> Looks like something similar to the dreaded overlapping media problem
which
> was seen in my tornado picture. Don't suppose you want to increase
samples
> for an even longer render :-)
> What method type of media, 1,2 or 3?
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"David Heys" <sou### [at] gci net> wrote in message
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| Type 3 was used for the emitting media in each sparkly bit, and type 3 was
| used for the scattering media in the transparent cone surrounding the spiral
| glassy object.
I see, was thinking a smooth media such as that in those sparkles would have
been the goal but upon second thought it adds a sparkle to the cone part as
well. Just that when they overlap it messes up the fine sparkle objects.
Bob
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It looks attractive yet deadly; you wouldn't want to hit one of those
crystals...
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What are the star 'reflections' ?
apart from that looks quite stunning - reminds me of the one of the scenes
in the mad-onion demo
Rick
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What are the star 'reflections' ?
apart from that looks quite stunning - reminds me of the one of the scenes
in the mad-onion demo
Rick
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What are the star 'reflections' ?
apart from that looks quite stunning - reminds me of the one of the scenes
in the mad-onion demo
Rick
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The little stars each have an ior of 1.3 and I think what we're seeing on
the walls are light projections from them.
David
Rick <ric### [at] kitty5 com> wrote (3 times <grin>)...
> What are the star 'reflections' ?
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> apart from that looks quite stunning - reminds me of the one of the scenes
> in the mad-onion demo
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