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From: Orchid XP v3
Subject: The Mystical Lambda (~33kb)
Date: 4 Mar 2007 08:10:38
Message: <45eac54e@news.povray.org>
Another lambda picture - beautiful to look at, but still completely 
inappropriate for a logo. :-(

I'm trying to get that hyper-shiny look that all Apple Mac stuff has. 
But so far I'm nowhere near...


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From: Samuel Benge
Subject: Re: The Mystical Lambda (~33kb)
Date: 4 Mar 2007 13:25:23
Message: <45eb0f13@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v3 wrote:
> Another lambda picture - beautiful to look at, but still completely 
> inappropriate for a logo. :-(
> 
> I'm trying to get that hyper-shiny look that all Apple Mac stuff has. 
> But so far I'm nowhere near...

No, you're getting somewhere, as far as a useful logo goes. Just 
remember those Apple icons rely on sort of a subsurface scattering 
effect, like a translucent gemstone. Some scattering/absorption media in 
the circle would help with that. You would have to specify photon 
interaction with the media, of course. The finish would have to be 
reflective (with fresnel or falloff), and there would have to be a 
sharp, white reflective texture or surface in the sky somewhere.

~Sam


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From: Orchid XP v3
Subject: Re: The Mystical Lambda (~33kb)
Date: 4 Mar 2007 14:37:23
Message: <45eb1ff3@news.povray.org>
>> I'm trying to get that hyper-shiny look that all Apple Mac stuff has. 
>> But so far I'm nowhere near...
> 
> No, you're getting somewhere, as far as a useful logo goes. Just 
> remember those Apple icons rely on sort of a subsurface scattering 
> effect, like a translucent gemstone. Some scattering/absorption media in 
> the circle would help with that. You would have to specify photon 
> interaction with the media, of course. The finish would have to be 
> reflective (with fresnel or falloff), and there would have to be a 
> sharp, white reflective texture or surface in the sky somewhere.

Just remember that Apple's stuff is all hand-drawn vector graphics, not 
raytraced. There's probably quite a bit of artistic license in there.

(Unfortunately, I massively lack skill in that direction.)


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From: Dave Blandston
Subject: Re: The Mystical Lambda (~33kb)
Date: 4 Mar 2007 18:05:00
Message: <web.45eb4fcb20574d848bf1dde90@news.povray.org>
Just a humble suggestion - Have you tried making the lambda symbol rounded,
to match the sphere? For example:

#local Symbol = text {ttf "C:\Windows\Fonts\Arial.ttf" "S" 1, 0}

#local RoundedSymbol = object {
   union {
      intersection {
         object {Symbol translate <-max_extent (Symbol).x / 2, -max_extent
(Symbol).y / 2, -1.001>}
         sphere {0, 1}
         sphere {0, .96 inverse} //Separate symbol from sphere slightly
         texture {T_Chrome_3D}
      } //intersection
      sphere {0, .94 texture {pigment {color White} finish {specular .4
roughness .006}}}
   } //union
} //object

object {RoundedSymbol rotate 30 * y}


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From: Samuel Benge
Subject: Re: The Mystical Lambda (~33kb)
Date: 4 Mar 2007 18:44:42
Message: <45eb59ea@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v3 wrote:
> Just remember that Apple's stuff is all hand-drawn vector graphics, not 
> raytraced. There's probably quite a bit of artistic license in there.

That's true. The stuff looks like sss, if what I meant.

> (Unfortunately, I massively lack skill in that direction.)

Hey, I'm sure if you try to copy a look and all it's attributes, you'll 
do just fine!

~Sam


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From: Ross
Subject: Re: The Mystical Lambda (~33kb)
Date: 5 Mar 2007 12:28:03
Message: <45ec5323$1@news.povray.org>
i think you should use splines for the lambda instead of straight cylinders.
not bad, otherwise.


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