No prizes for it...sorry...

Attached is a screenshot taken from a music video for a trance song.  I 
really like this picture, and would like to have it as a desktop 
background, but its too pixellated.

If someone out there could re-create this image in POV (Or anything 
else, really) in 1024x768, I'd be a happy man.

Can't really offer any prizes, really.  Maybe I could send $1 via PayPal 
or something to whoever I think has the best image.

-DJ

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> Attached is a screenshot taken from a music video for a trance song.  I
> really like this picture, and would like to have it as a desktop
> background, but its too pixellated.
>
> If someone out there could re-create this image in POV (Or anything
> else, really) in 1024x768, I'd be a happy man.
>
> Can't really offer any prizes, really.  Maybe I could send $1 via PayPal
> or something to whoever I think has the best image.

Do you have any experience with Pov-Ray yourself? If you do, then why not
also try it yourself? Quite good results should be achieved with proper
usage of media and boxes/cylinders. And with a simple macro you could make
the 3d-grid almost infinite looking. I'll try it when I get to my own
computer.

Severi S.

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Kil### [at] sohcahtoanet news:40222b57@news.povray.org

Looks easy, You can mail me an us dolar(s) if You wish ;) 

brb...

-- 
#macro g(U,V)(.4*abs(sin(9*sqrt(pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))))*pow(1-min(1,(sqrt(
pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))*.3)),2)+.9)#end#macro p(c)#if(c>1)#local l=mod(c,100
);g(2*div(l,10)-8,2*mod(l,10)-8)*p(div(c,100))#else 1#end#end light_source{
y 2}sphere{z*20 9pigment{function{p(26252423)*p(36455644)*p(66656463)}}}//M

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spa### [at] raf256com news:Xns948685EDEF067raf256com@203.29.75.35


>> If someone out there could re-create this image in POV (Or anything 
>> else, really) in 1024x768, I'd be a happy man.Can't really offer any 
>> prizes, really.  Maybe I could send $1 via PayPal 

> Kil### [at] sohcahtoanet news:40222b57@news.povray.org
> Looks easy, You can mail me an us dolar(s) if You wish ;) 
> brb...

...as You can see POV in fact is a greate renderer and it *is* easy to use 
and ergonomical (for some images - even without external moray editor :)

Higher quality image I can email, and also - You can get source from grup 
povray.binaries.scene-files

there are few places in file that You can easily edit, marked with
  // <--- 

Enjoy,

mail adres:

Rafal Maj, 
ul. Powstañców, 
Kraków 31-422
Poland / Polska

;)


-- 
#macro g(U,V)(.4*abs(sin(9*sqrt(pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))))*pow(1-min(1,(sqrt(
pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))*.3)),2)+.9)#end#macro p(c)#if(c>1)#local l=mod(c,100
);g(2*div(l,10)-8,2*mod(l,10)-8)*p(div(c,100))#else 1#end#end light_source{
y 2}sphere{z*20 9pigment{function{p(26252423)*p(36455644)*p(66656463)}}}//M

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spa### [at] raf256com news:Xns94868ED1369raf256com@203.29.75.35

> Rafal Maj, 
> ul. Powsta�c�w, 
> Krak�w 31-422
> Poland / Polska

 Name    - Rafal Maj
 Street  - ul. Powstancow
 City    - Krakow 31-422
 Country - Poland / Polska


-- 
#macro g(U,V)(.4*abs(sin(9*sqrt(pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))))*pow(1-min(1,(sqrt(
pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))*.3)),2)+.9)#end#macro p(c)#if(c>1)#local l=mod(c,100
);g(2*div(l,10)-8,2*mod(l,10)-8)*p(div(c,100))#else 1#end#end light_source{
y 2}sphere{z*20 9pigment{function{p(26252423)*p(36455644)*p(66656463)}}}//M

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> >> If someone out there could re-create this image in POV (Or anything
> >> else, really) in 1024x768, I'd be a happy man.Can't really offer any
> >> prizes, really.  Maybe I could send $1 via PayPal
>
> > Kil### [at] sohcahtoanet news:40222b57@news.povray.org
> > Looks easy, You can mail me an us dolar(s) if You wish ;)
> > brb...
>
> ...as You can see POV in fact is a greate renderer and it *is* easy to use
> and ergonomical (for some images - even without external moray editor :)
>
> Higher quality image I can email, and also - You can get source from grup
> povray.binaries.scene-files

Good, but your picture is a bit incorrect. There should be a bright cross in
_every_ intersection of dimmer beams. And it also looks like a bit out of
alignment (or bad camera angle or whatever). But otherwise it is most likely
very suitable to DJ Wiza.

Severi S.

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sev### [at] NOT_THISsibafi news:40223fde@news.povray.org

> Good, but your picture is a bit incorrect. There should be a bright
> cross in _every_ intersection of dimmer beams. And it also looks like
> a bit out of alignment (or bad camera angle or whatever). But
> otherwise it is most likely very suitable to DJ Wiza.

Hmm yes, in fact - I thought coresses are just effects made by media, it's 
very easy to change...how about this Wiza, add crosses everywhere?


-- 
#macro g(U,V)(.4*abs(sin(9*sqrt(pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))))*pow(1-min(1,(sqrt(
pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))*.3)),2)+.9)#end#macro p(c)#if(c>1)#local l=mod(c,100
);g(2*div(l,10)-8,2*mod(l,10)-8)*p(div(c,100))#else 1#end#end light_source{
y 2}sphere{z*20 9pigment{function{p(26252423)*p(36455644)*p(66656463)}}}//M

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spa### [at] raf256com news:Xns9486916FC7C8Draf256com@203.29.75.35


(this attachment displays o.k. ?)

-- 
#macro g(U,V)(.4*abs(sin(9*sqrt(pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))))*pow(1-min(1,(sqrt(
pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))*.3)),2)+.9)#end#macro p(c)#if(c>1)#local l=mod(c,100
);g(2*div(l,10)-8,2*mod(l,10)-8)*p(div(c,100))#else 1#end#end light_source{
y 2}sphere{z*20 9pigment{function{p(26252423)*p(36455644)*p(66656463)}}}//M

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Rafal 'Raf256' Maj schrieb:
> spa### [at] raf256com news:Xns9486916FC7C8Draf256com@203.29.75.35
> 
> 
> (this attachment displays o.k. ?)

Not with Mozilla Thunderbird 0.4

-- 
Matthias Weißer
mat### [at] matweide
http://www.matwei.de

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Eh... Isn't the cross in the middle much bigger than the others in your
image?

In the original all the crosses have the same size. Perspective alone
make the center one look bigger.

I believe the attached image is a more correct remake of the original...
;)

Rune
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run### [at] runevisioncom news:402266ff@news.povray.org

> I believe the attached image is a more correct remake of the original...
> ;)

You have boxes instead of cylinders there ;)

-- 
#macro g(U,V)(.4*abs(sin(9*sqrt(pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))))*pow(1-min(1,(sqrt(
pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))*.3)),2)+.9)#end#macro p(c)#if(c>1)#local l=mod(c,100
);g(2*div(l,10)-8,2*mod(l,10)-8)*p(div(c,100))#else 1#end#end light_source{
y 2}sphere{z*20 9pigment{function{p(26252423)*p(36455644)*p(66656463)}}}//M

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"Rafal 'Raf256' Maj" <spa### [at] raf256com> wrote in message
news:Xns9486AD848313Eraf256com@203.29.75.35...
> run### [at] runevisioncom news:402266ff@news.povray.org
>
> > I believe the attached image is a more correct remake of the original...
> > ;)
>
> You have boxes instead of cylinders there ;)

I think the original also has boxes, allthough it is not 92.6% sure. The
scan is bad and full of  JPEG artifactas...

Severi

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"Rafal 'Raf256' Maj" <spa### [at] raf256com> wrote:
> You have boxes instead of cylinders there ;)

Yes, I think it's difficult to see if they're boxes or cylinders in the
original image. It's easy to change though. See the attached image. (I
also corrected the perspective a bit more.)

Rune
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rune|vision:  http://runevision.com **updated Jan 29**
POV-Ray Ring: http://webring.povray.co.uk

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Severi Salminen wrote:
> Do you have any experience with Pov-Ray yourself? If you do, then why not
> also try it yourself? Quite good results should be achieved with proper
> usage of media and boxes/cylinders. And with a simple macro you could make
> the 3d-grid almost infinite looking. I'll try it when I get to my own
> computer.

Yeah, I've got some POV-Ray experience, but I never could figure how to 
to get media to do what I wanted, and I figured media would be the best 
way to do this image.

I actually tried to make it, but again, I can't quite figure out media, 
so it never worked.

-DJ

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Severi Salminen wrote:
> I think the original also has boxes, allthough it is not 92.6% sure. The
> scan is bad and full of  JPEG artifactas...

Actually, its the original source that is bad and full of MPEG 
artifacts.  At first I was going to post a PNG file of the picture, but 
it was 500k, and the JPEG is only 27k but looks no worse.

-DJ

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Rune wrote:
> Yes, I think it's difficult to see if they're boxes or cylinders in the
> original image. It's easy to change though. See the attached image. (I
> also corrected the perspective a bit more.)
> 

This looks very very nice.  It would have taken me well over a week of 
experimentation to do what you did in under 6 hours.

Though I think the long lines of blue should be a little bit thicker.

-DJ

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Kil### [at] sohcahtoanet news:402288b0@news.povray.org

> I actually tried to make it, but again, I can't quite figure out
> media, so it never worked.

It's actualy very easy,
just add

interior { media { emission .6 } }

in my image full texture is:

#declare Mat2 = material {
  #if (QQ_MEDIA=0) texture { pigment { color  <.6,.8,.97> filter .5 } finish { ambient
.5 }  }
  #else
    texture { pigment { rgbf 1 } finish { ambient 0 diffuse 0 } }
    interior {
      media {
        #local C=<.3,.72,.99>;
        density { cylindrical color_map {[0 rgb 0*C][.5 rgb .3*C][.8 rgb .7*C][1 rgb
1*C]} }
        emission .6
      }
    }
  #end
}

and full .pov file is in .scene-files


-- 
#macro g(U,V)(.4*abs(sin(9*sqrt(pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))))*pow(1-min(1,(sqrt(
pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))*.3)),2)+.9)#end#macro p(c)#if(c>1)#local l=mod(c,100
);g(2*div(l,10)-8,2*mod(l,10)-8)*p(div(c,100))#else 1#end#end light_source{
y 2}sphere{z*20 9pigment{function{p(26252423)*p(36455644)*p(66656463)}}}//M

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DJ Wiza wrote:
> This looks very very nice.  It would have taken me well over a week of
> experimentation to do what you did in under 6 hours.

Well, it's post-processed with some blurring. I also "cheated" with the
blue lines. In the original they have the same thickness no matter if
they are close to or far away from the camera, so I did nearly the same
with my lines. (They are actually cones, not cylinders!) But it seems to
give the right effect...

> Though I think the long lines of blue should be a little bit thicker.

Done. Attached.

Rune
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I haven't played with media much myself either.  I'm finding it interesting
playing with Rafal 'Raf256' Maj's code.  Rune if you aren't using his code
could you post yours as well.  I think I'd find it interestings seeing how
two people coded this its you did it any differently.

Thanks,
Carl

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Rune wrote:
>>Though I think the long lines of blue should be a little bit thicker.
> 
> 
> Done. Attached.
> 

Hmm...the lines closer up look thicker, but the lines farther away just 
look brighter.

Also, I need it in 1024x768.

-DJ

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DJ Wiza wrote:
> Rune wrote:
> 
>>> Though I think the long lines of blue should be a little bit thicker.
>>
>>
>>
>> Done. Attached.
>>
> 
> Hmm...the lines closer up look thicker, but the lines farther away just 
> look brighter.
> 
> Also, I need it in 1024x768.
> 
> -DJ
> 

What happened?  I haven't seen a new post.  :-(

Don't you want your $1?  :-D

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DJ Wiza wrote:
> What happened?  I haven't seen a new post.  :-(

Here you go...

Rune
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rune|vision:  http://runevision.com **updated Jan 29**
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Rune wrote:
> Here you go...
> 

Thanks!

Have a PayPal account so I can send you the $1 (USD)?

Heh.

-DJ

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DJ Wiza wrote:
> Rune wrote:
>> Here you go...
>
> Thanks!
>
> Have a PayPal account so I can send you the $1 (USD)?

Heh, yeah, if you really want to... ;)

http://runevision.com/welcome/donate/

It's never been used before though. Let me know if you get some error...

Rune
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rune|vision:  http://runevision.com **updated Jan 29**
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Rune wrote:
> DJ Wiza wrote:
> 
>>Rune wrote:
>>
>>>Here you go...
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Have a PayPal account so I can send you the $1 (USD)?
> 
> 
> Heh, yeah, if you really want to... ;)
> 
> http://runevision.com/welcome/donate/
> 
> It's never been used before though. Let me know if you get some error...
> 

k...done.

This is the first time I've ever paid someone to make me a graphic.  Heh.

-DJ

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"DJ Wiza" <Kil### [at] sohcahtoanet> wrote in message
news:402d526b$1@news.povray.org...
> Rune wrote:
> > Heh, yeah, if you really want to... ;)
> >
> > http://runevision.com/welcome/donate/
> >
> > It's never been used before though. Let me know if you get some error...

Alright, guys; let's all throw a buck Rune's way. Work like that deserves
reward :-)

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"DJ Wiza" <Kil### [at] sohcahtoanet> wrote in message
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|
| This is the first time I've ever paid someone to make
| me a graphic.  Heh.

This reminds me of my desire to sell just one poster on Zazzle so I can
(jokingly but honestly) refer to myself as a professional CG artist.
Guess I'll upload something there one day, my mom would probably buy a
copy.lol

 -Shay

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