wow, very nice indeed.How do you do the dirt?

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"Doctor John" <doc### [at] linuxmailorg> schreef in bericht 
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> Just thought I'd post this for comments and a question.
>
> Question: I intend to place more objects in the scene. One of the spheres 
> needs to reflect a no_image object and its shadow but I don't want the 
> shadow showing on the plain surface. Any suggestions would be helpful. 
> I've also included a close-up of one sphere's surface just to show the 
> highlight - note the specularity.
>
Add no_shadow to the sphere?

>
> PS Thomas (De Groot) - I noted your question re: Zeger's Greebles and will 
> post the modified code just as soon as I can find where and on which 
> machine I saved it.

Thanks a lot!! That would be great.
>

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"Alain" <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote in message 
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> Not tested.
> Maybe by making the plain no_reflection no_shadow so that it don't show in 
> the reflections but shows directly. Then using another plain just below, 
> only visible in the reflections with double_illuminate. Place a second 
> light_source under your scene and project_trough a negative light with an 
> inverted copy of the "ghost" object to make the shadow appears.
> The no_shadow for the top surface permit the bottom one to receive the 
> main light and cast shadows. The gap between the two surfaces must be very 
> small comparatively to the scene scale.
>
Thanks for the use of your brain cells. I will test it tonight

John

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"mine" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message 
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> wow, very nice indeed.How do you do the dirt?
The plain surface is of course an isosurface. I'll post the texture and iso 
when I have results from Alain's suggestion

John

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- it makes them giggly and skittish.
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The Management"

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"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] internlnet> wrote in message 
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> Thanks a lot!! That would be great.

You're welcome :-)

John

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- it makes them giggly and skittish.
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Nope, doesn't work - at least not yet. I think you're thinking along the 
right lines tho'. I'll keep trying

John

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- it makes them giggly and skittish.
Thank you for your co-operation.
The Management"

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"Doctor John" <doc### [at] linuxmailorg> wrote in message 
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> "mine" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message
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>> wow, very nice indeed.How do you do the dirt?
> The plain surface is of course an isosurface. I'll post the texture and 
> iso
> when I have results from Alain's suggestion
...and here it is

John

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- it makes them giggly and skittish.
Thank you for your co-operation.
The Management"

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"Doctor John" <doc### [at] linuxmailorg> schreef in bericht 
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>> when I have results from Alain's suggestion
> ...and here it is
>
Where?

Thomas

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"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] internlnet> wrote in message 
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> "Doctor John" <doc### [at] linuxmailorg> schreef in bericht 
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>>> when I have results from Alain's suggestion
>> ...and here it is
>>
> Where?
>
> Thomas
>

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(((8(|)

John

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and skittish.
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The Management"

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"Doctor John" <doc### [at] linuxmailorg> schreef in bericht 
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> The .txt attachment to that post
> (((8(|)
>
There are those days.... when the most simple things seem to come from the 
most complicated and abstruse 5-dimensional geometry !!!

Thomas

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