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From: Dave Blandston
Subject: Reflective sphere over checkered floor (124Kb)
Date: 17 Sep 2000 23:10:56
Message: <39c587c0@news.povray.org>
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...plus some other junk. I've decided that, considering my limited
abilities, I'll stick to simple abstract mathematical stuff for a while.
After this picture was finished, I noticed an interesting (but
unintentional) coincidence: The reflection of the green thing on the gold
sphere makes a triangle with strait lines.
Regards,
Dave
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Dave Blandston wrote:
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> ...plus some other junk. I've decided that, considering my limited
> abilities, I'll stick to simple abstract mathematical stuff for a while.
> After this picture was finished, I noticed an interesting (but
> unintentional) coincidence: The reflection of the green thing on the gold
> sphere makes a triangle with strait lines.
Well, that's.. um...
...hmm.
You've upheld the proud and honorable tradition of raytraced images that
make the viewer say, "Whoa! WTF is that?" :)
-Xplo
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Interesting.
Is there iridescence on the little spheres?
> ...plus some other junk. I've decided that, considering my limited
> abilities, I'll stick to simple abstract mathematical stuff for a while.
Nothin' wrong with that!
> After this picture was finished, I noticed an interesting (but
> unintentional) coincidence: The reflection of the green thing on the gold
> sphere makes a triangle with strait lines.
Ya sure? Perfectly straight? (that is if the sphere were to have a uniform
normal)
--
David Fontaine <dav### [at] faricy net> ICQ 55354965
My raytracing gallery: http://davidf.faricy.net/
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From: Dave Blandston
Subject: Re: Reflective sphere over checkered floor (124Kb)
Date: 18 Sep 2000 23:07:01
Message: <39c6d855@news.povray.org>
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"Xplo Eristotle" <inq### [at] unforgettable com> wrote in message
news:39C58F97.A7E110B4@unforgettable.com...
> Well, that's.. um...
>
> ...hmm.
>
> You've upheld the proud and honorable tradition of raytraced images that
> make the viewer say, "Whoa! WTF is that?" :)
>
> -Xplo
Right on! I don't know what it is either.
Dave
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From: Dave Blandston
Subject: Re: Reflective sphere over checkered floor (124Kb)
Date: 18 Sep 2000 23:07:03
Message: <39c6d857@news.povray.org>
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"David Fontaine" <dav### [at] faricy net> wrote in message
news:39C68C87.ECF64519@faricy.net...
> Interesting.
> Is there iridescence on the little spheres?
Thanks, and yep, just plain old glass spheres (2000 of 'em) with irid.
> Ya sure? Perfectly straight? (that is if the sphere were to have a uniform
> normal)
Oops - once again, I spoke too soon - I re-rendered the sphere with a plain
normal and sure enough, there was a slight bend in the triangle reflection.
You guys always catch me! Drat!
Later,
Dave
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Dave Blandston wrote:
> Oops - once again, I spoke too soon - I re-rendered the sphere with a plain
> normal and sure enough, there was a slight bend in the triangle reflection.
> You guys always catch me! Drat!
Hmm, you could use MegaPOV trace() to place blob components. Trace from the
camera to where you want the reflection to be, save the surface normal,
calculate the reflection ray and place the blob component anywhere along it.
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David Fontaine <dav### [at] faricy net> ICQ 55354965
My raytracing gallery: http://davidf.faricy.net/
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From: Dave Blandston
Subject: Re: Reflective sphere over checkered floor (124Kb)
Date: 19 Sep 2000 10:35:31
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"David Fontaine" <dav### [at] faricy net> wrote in message
news:39C6DC26.2B325E00@faricy.net...
> Hmm, you could use MegaPOV trace() to place blob components. Trace from
the
> camera to where you want the reflection to be, save the surface normal,
> calculate the reflection ray and place the blob component anywhere along
it.
Is there nothing that MegaPOV can't do?!?! Maybe I will have to try it
out...
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2000 07:32:10 -0700, Dave Blandston wrote:
>Is there nothing that MegaPOV can't do?!?! Maybe I will have to try it
>out...
It's come up a little short on the world peace front, but I hear Chris is
working on a patch.
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Ron Parker http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
My opinions. Mine. Not anyone else's.
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In article <slr### [at] fwi com>, ron### [at] povray org
wrote:
> It's come up a little short on the world peace front, but I hear Chris is
> working on a patch.
It's part of the
MassMindControlWorldDominationUniversalConquestAndFreeDonuts Patch. The
full version will be released sometime after POV 4.0 as PsyPov,
disguised as a version of POV which reads the user's mind, but there are
already pieces of it in current versions(the free donuts, for instance).
Now, you will forget anything about this message and render some glow
scenes with lots of reflective spheres, torii and checkered planes! And
don't forget to use the number 42 and the Golden Ratio somewhere in
every one of the scenes.
:-)
--
Christopher James Huff
Personal: chr### [at] mac com, http://homepage.mac.com/chrishuff/
TAG: chr### [at] tag povray org, http://tag.povray.org/
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