> Gosh!!  :o)  Well, pardon me if I missed something in previous threads but
> wouldn't it be a good idea to reuse some leafs?  I know you have coded a

Hmmm. Hardly. The whole fern is a single mesh. Doesn't help to reuse
triangles, at least you have to move them to their proper place *gg*

> good way to control details, but 116 MB is still .... *raise eyebrows*
:o)

Well... it is large of course. On the other hand: the LOD settings are quite
young and not yet properly arranged. Additionally the number of triangles
per leaf isn't set up correctly yet. I think I can cut down the file size to
the half without loosing details (in the front).

And: don't forget that the main wings are 50cm in length and have more than
80 leaves each!

> But good work!

Thanks. As you know: it took long enough.
regards
SY

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> Hi,
>
> this is the result with your lighting. I had to remove the background plane
> since it would have blocked the backlight.
no it wouldn't...  it's a shadowless light_source, it doens't get blocked :)

> Looks a bit washed out IMHO.
I like it!

> Next test will be with radiosity.
Will be much slower and the results won't be much different I think...

cu!
--
camera{location-z*3}#macro G(b,e)b+(e-b)*(C/50)#end#macro L(b,e,k,l)#local C=0
;#while(C<50)sphere{G(b,e),.1pigment{rgb G(k,l)}finish{ambient 1}}#local C=C+1
;#end#end L(y-x,y,x,x+y)L(y,-x-y,x+y,y)L(-x-y,-y,y,y+z)L(-y,y,y+z,x+y)L(0,x+y,
<.5,1,.5>,x)L(0,x-y,<.5,1,.5>,x)               // ZK http://www.povplace.be.tf

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It's fantastic.  Keep up the great work.

Cheers!

Chip Shults
My robotics, space and CGI web page - http://home.cfl.rr.com/aichip

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Hi,

> > since it would have blocked the backlight.
> no it wouldn't...  it's a shadowless light_source, it doens't get blocked
:)

Aha? I must admit that I use shadowless lights rather seldom (not really
realistic). I thought it just doesn't cast shadows but can be hidden by
other objects. I didn't know that it shines -through- objects.... funny.

> > Looks a bit washed out IMHO.
> I like it!

It's yours ;-)

> > Next test will be with radiosity.
> Will be much slower and the results won't be much different I think...

Slower for sure.
What I can see up to now (1/3rd) doesn't really differ from your
version.....

regards
SY

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to be complete:

this is the radiosity version.
regards
SY

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> to be complete:
>
> this is the radiosity version.
> regards
> SY
>
>
WOW

Ambis

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Looks very realistic.

 -Shay



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> 
> This is the full thing....
> regards
> SY
> 

The few differently colored leaves look still a bit strange, but apart
from that it looks good.  Maybe try some more leaves halfway between the
standard and the dried ones.

Christoph

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I think the fern is looking quite nice.
it looks better with this lighting, BUT with lighting like this it would 
look more like a showpiece in a museum than a real potted plant sitting 
in a home.
Is


> Hi,
> 
> this is the result with your lighting. I had to remove the background plane
> since it would have blocked the backlight.
> 
> Looks a bit washed out IMHO.
> Next test will be with radiosity.
> 
> regards
> SY
> 
> 
>

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> it looks better with this lighting, BUT with lighting like this it would
> look more like a showpiece in a museum than a real potted plant sitting
> in a home.
> Is

Yes, of course. The lighting is very important and these posts are only
tests and concentrate on the model rather than on a nice scenery.
The final scene will cast some shadows in it, some parts will be lit
extremely by runrays..... we'll see.

thanks for feedback,
regards
SY

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