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From: Peter Hertel
Subject: Talking about lightsabers..
Date: 8 Jun 2002 11:10:03
Message: <3d021e4b@news.povray.org>
I was a bit inspired by Episode II, so here's a quick model I did the other
night..It's supposed to look like Yodas saber, which I found some pictures
of on the net.
I got the media ideas for the blade by looking at a scene file (sabre.pov by
Kenyon Banks) I found in the newsgroups.
So far all the sabers are the same..likely to change if I get the time. The
background is some hubble picture I came across..

-Peter


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From: Flaming Monarch
Subject: Re: Talking about lightsabers..
Date: 8 Jun 2002 12:24:42
Message: <3D022FCA.6030607@gates.com>
cool
how did u do the blade?

Peter Hertel wrote:

> I was a bit inspired by Episode II, so here's a quick model I did the other
> night..It's supposed to look like Yodas saber, which I found some pictures
> of on the net.
> I got the media ideas for the blade by looking at a scene file (sabre.pov by
> Kenyon Banks) I found in the newsgroups.
> So far all the sabers are the same..likely to change if I get the time. The
> background is some hubble picture I came across..
> 
> -Peter
> 
> 
>


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From: Peter Hertel
Subject: Re: Talking about lightsabers..
Date: 8 Jun 2002 18:43:51
Message: <3d0288a7@news.povray.org>
> cool
Glad you like it!

> how did u do the blade?
One small cylinder in the middle filled with media (I_Blade2) and a large
cylinder also with media (I_Blade).
I'm not satified with it yet..I'd like the places where the lightsabers
cross to bercome white, not a blend of the two colors. But I haven't used
media much, so I don't have a clue on how to achive that.. something to do
with absorption?

Here's the messy code:

#declare Sta = 0.5; // just for testing
#declare CLR = <0.25,1,0.25>; // color
    #declare I_Blade = media {
      intervals 10           // number of intervals used for sampling [10]
      samples 1,1            // minimum and maximum number of samples taken
per interval [1,1]
      confidence 0.9         // statistic parameter higher->better quality
[0.9]
      variance 1.0/128       // statistic parameter lower->better quality
[1.0/128]
      ratio 0.9              // distribution between lit and unlit areas
[0.9]
      emission 0.3           // emitting media, emit light of specified
color
      method 3               // adaptive sampling
      density {
            cylindrical
            turbulence 0.05
            color_map{
            [0 rgb CLR transmit 1]
            [1 rgb CLR transmit 0.8]
            }
      }
    }
    #declare I_Blade2 = media {
      intervals 10           // number of intervals used for sampling [10]
      samples 1,1            // minimum and maximum number of samples taken
per interval [1,1]
      confidence 0.9         // statistic parameter higher->better quality
[0.9]
      variance 1.0/128       // statistic parameter lower->better quality
[1.0/128]
      ratio 0.9              // distribution between lit and unlit areas
[0.9]
      emission 0.5          // emitting media, emit light of specified color
      method 3               // adaptive sampling
      density {
            cylindrical
            turbulence 0.05
            color_map{
            [0 rgb CLR transmit 1]
            [1 rgb CLR transmit 0.8]
            }
      }
    }
    #declare Beam =
    union{
        merge{
            cylinder {-y*1,y*70,1.8-Sta}
            sphere {0,1.8-Sta scale <1,1.5,1> translate y*70}
            interior{media{I_Blade}}
            pigment {rgb CLR transmit 0.9-0.3+Sta }
            finish {ambient 0.2}
            hollow
        }
        merge{
            cylinder {-y*1,y*70,0.5}
            sphere {0,0.5 scale <1,1.5,1> translate y*70}
            interior{media{I_Blade2}}
            pigment {rgb CLR transmit 0.9}
            finish {ambient 0.9}
            hollow
        }
    }
    object {Beam translate y*20.1}


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From: Zeger Knaepen
Subject: Re: Talking about lightsabers..
Date: 8 Jun 2002 22:47:07
Message: <3d02c1ab$1@news.povray.org>
>             color_map{
>             [0 rgb CLR transmit 1]
>             [1 rgb CLR transmit 0.8]
>             }
transmit doesn't do a thing in media.  You should use:
color_map {
    [0 rgb CLR*0]
    [1 rgb CLR*.2]
}

cu!
--
ZK AKA SaD
http://www.povplace.be.tf
"Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast."


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From: Timothy R  Cook
Subject: Re: Talking about lightsabers..
Date: 9 Jun 2002 04:38:26
Message: <3D031401.40909@bellsouth.net>
Zeger Knaepen wrote:

> transmit doesn't do a thing in media.  You should use:

Wanna bet?  Try setting transmit to 1.5 or something...;)

-- 
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.scifi-fantasy.com
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From: Zeger Knaepen
Subject: Re: Talking about lightsabers..
Date: 9 Jun 2002 08:42:23
Message: <3d034d2f$1@news.povray.org>
> > transmit doesn't do a thing in media.  You should use:
> Wanna bet?  Try setting transmit to 1.5 or something...;)
Must be a POV-Ray 3.5 thing then, cause it doesn't do anything in MegaPov
0.7

cu!
--
ZK AKA SaD
http://www.povplace.be.tf
"Two hits: me hittin' you, you hittin' the floor."


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