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Samuel Benge <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
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Wow... Very cool... but you can't leave us hanging without some explanation
to go with it.. =)

Subsurface scattering?

How did you do the light bloom effect?

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P Brewer wrote:
> Samuel Benge <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
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> 
> Wow... Very cool... but you can't leave us hanging without some explanation
> to go with it.. =)
> 
> Subsurface scattering?

Sort of. It's a (fickle) technique I developed some time back. It pretty 
much relies on light_groups, two instances of the target object, a merge 
of all scene objects, some absorption media and interior fading. Vague, 
isn't it? :) You can do a search of my name on these newsgroups to find 
out how it's done.

> How did you do the light bloom effect?

It's a post-process effect done in POV itself. Another search for 
"luminous color bleeding" or "luminous bloom" will find you the code for 
that.

I have to admit to using some selective gaussian blurring in the GIMP. 
Cheating, I know.

~Sam

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Spooky.  She needs to be floating thru the leafless trees of a haunted
forest...

--
Dan
GoofyGraffix.com

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Samuel Benge <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
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A very cool effect, this image is really interesting to look at and not like
any POV image I have seen before. Very artistic which is something I am
jealous of as most of my images are just copies of objects/photographs
etc.. It's great to see something so different here.

Sean

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Dan Byers wrote:
> Spooky.  She needs to be floating thru the leafless trees of a haunted
> forest...

The model is actually intended for another POV scene I'm working on. 
Perhaps i'll finish it someday...

~Sam

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s.day wrote:
> A very cool effect, this image is really interesting to look at and not like
> any POV image I have seen before. Very artistic which is something I am
> jealous of as most of my images are just copies of objects/photographs
> etc.. It's great to see something so different here.

Hey, thanks! Should I post the source?

~Sam

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>
> Hey, thanks! Should I post the source?
>
> ~Sam


I'd like the source for the bloom effect..

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Samuel Benge <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
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> Hey, thanks! Should I post the source?
>
> ~Sam

I would love to have a look, your image really is like nothig else I've ever
seen done in POV-Ray. Well done!

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Samuel Benge wrote:
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> 
Samuel, this is an extraordinary image.

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Beautiful and haunting.

I'd love to see how it's done.

Steve Klebs
www.cloudinthesky.com

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Incredible. Very ethereal. Very un-raytraced... If I was shown this image
with no other information, I'd never have thought it computer generated.

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P Brewer wrote:
> I'd like the source for the bloom effect...

The latest version is in p.b.scene-files

~Sam

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scam wrote:
> 
> I would love to have a look, your image really is like nothig else I've ever
> seen done in POV-Ray. Well done!

I'm honored to receive such compliments! You can view the source over at 
p.b.scene-files

~Sam

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Snell wrote:
> Beautiful and haunting.

Thanks1

> I'd love to see how it's done.

It's over in p.b.scene-files

~Sam

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Bill Pragnell wrote:
> Incredible. Very ethereal. Very un-raytraced... If I was shown this image
> with no other information, I'd never have thought it computer generated.

Thank you! Such feedback makes me want to do more.

~Sam

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Jim Charter wrote:
> Samuel, this is an extraordinary image.

Hey Jim, thanks.

~Sam

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"Samuel Benge" <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message 
news:45ea4c5b@news.povray.org...

   I've just looked at your image again, and again, and again - it really is 
a beautiful image in its own right.

   You've got something special going on there Sam. Keep at it.

       Regs,

     ~Steve~

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St. wrote:
> "Samuel Benge" <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message 
> news:45ea4c5b@news.povray.org...
> 
>    I've just looked at your image again, and again, and again - it really is 
> a beautiful image in its own right.
> 
>    You've got something special going on there Sam. Keep at it.
> 
>        Regs,
> 
>      ~Steve~ 

Thanks Steve!

~Sam

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"Samuel Benge" <stb### [at] hotmailcom> schreef in bericht 
news:45ec6320@news.povray.org...
> Bill Pragnell wrote:
>> Incredible. Very ethereal. Very un-raytraced... If I was shown this image
>> with no other information, I'd never have thought it computer generated.
>
> Thank you! Such feedback makes me want to do more.
>

That's why we push you on!!   :-)
But seriously, it really is an incredible image.

Thomas

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"St." <dot### [at] dotcom> schreef in bericht news:45ecb150$1@news.povray.org...
>
>   I've just looked at your image again, and again, and again - it really 
> is a beautiful image in its own right.
>
>   You've got something special going on there Sam. Keep at it.
>

I am hardly mistaken if I state that it is one of the best images of the 
last years.

Thomas

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Thomas de Groot wrote:
> 
> I am hardly mistaken if I state that it is one of the best images of the 
> last years.
> 
> Thomas


Thomas, that's huge statement. I hope it's inspiring for everyone!

~Sam

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Samuel Benge <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> Thomas de Groot wrote:
> >
> > I am hardly mistaken if I state that it is one of the best images of the
> > last years.
> >
> > Thomas
>
>
> Thomas, that's huge statement. I hope it's inspiring for everyone!
>
> ~Sam
Well, I don't know about the others, but I find it depressing. :-(
Depressingly good, that is.

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Samuel Benge <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
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Thanks for posting the source.. It works very well. Why didn't I know about
the bloom effect when I was doing my last couple IRTC images!!!!

Thanks!

Phil

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P Brewer wrote:
> Samuel Benge <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
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> 
> Thanks for posting the source.. It works very well. 
> Why didn't I know about
> the bloom effect when I was doing my last couple IRTC images!!!!
> Thanks!
> Phil

Thanks, I'm glad it worked.

~Sam

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After looking over the scene files for this marvellous picture, I would like
to add another congratulations. It deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Not
only is it one of the most beautiful images I've ever seen, but also one of
the most technically amazing. Your translucent and bloom effects are just
brilliant. Your translucent effect is especially clever, and useful. It
would be great to see it incorporated into POV itself.

Even with code in hand, I'm still trying to figure out how you did it -- the
sign of a real illusionist, to retain the magic even after showing how the
trick was done.

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Samuel Benge wrote:
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I checked the image quickly first and I liked it but somehow missed it.
Next time reading p.b.i I read some comments and checked the image again
and told myself "whoa, this actually IS nice". The next time I read
p.b.i I checked it again and this time I also had to check who made it
(I did at the second time also, but missed somehow - like the image
itself at the first time) and told myself "no wonder it's nice, it's Sam's".

Seriously, Sam, from time to time you manage to surprise even more. Once
again you made something incredibly cool, like many times before (ie.
water bug).

-- 
Eero "Aero" Ahonen
   http://www.zbxt.net
      aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid

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Stephen Klebs wrote:
> After looking over the scene files for this marvellous picture, I would like
> to add another congratulations. It deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Not
> only is it one of the most beautiful images I've ever seen, but also one of
> the most technically amazing. Your translucent and bloom effects are just
> brilliant. Your translucent effect is especially clever, and useful. It
> would be great to see it incorporated into POV itself.
> 
> Even with code in hand, I'm still trying to figure out how you did it -- the
> sign of a real illusionist, to retain the magic even after showing how the
> trick was done.

Thank you for the compliments, Steven!

~Sam

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Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Samuel Benge wrote:
>> ...
> 
> I checked the image quickly first and I liked it but somehow missed it.
> Next time reading p.b.i I read some comments and checked the image again
> and told myself "whoa, this actually IS nice". The next time I read
> p.b.i I checked it again and this time I also had to check who made it
> (I did at the second time also, but missed somehow - like the image
> itself at the first time) and told myself "no wonder it's nice, it's Sam's".
> 
> Seriously, Sam, from time to time you manage to surprise even more. Once
> again you made something incredibly cool, like many times before (ie.
> water bug).

Thank you. I'm glad you liked it.

~Sam

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Desktop wallpaper! :-D

William

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:Afishionado wrote:
> Desktop wallpaper! :-D
> 
> William
>

:)

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