> Personally I wasn't sure until I'd rendered the new version at the same high 
> quality (which took nearly 24 hours!). The problem is the grass blades are 
> so small it just becomes a green blur. So I'm gonna develop the spider 
> plants version to make it a little more interesting.

Awesome!
(Sorry, I'm just excited about this image.)

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You know you've been raytracing too long when you post an idea to a news 
group about starting an Internet movie project using PovRay.
Ken Tyler

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Wow!

That is so much simpler than I would have thought. Thanks for sharing.

"Tek" <tek### [at] evilsuperbraincom> wrote:
> It's based on a granite pattern, with a high poly_wave value to make the
> veins thinner. Here's the code for the white marble (black's basically the
> inverse of this):
>
> pigment {
>  pigment_pattern { granite colour_map { [0 rgb 1][1 rgb 0] } }
>  poly_wave 8
>  scale <1,2,2> rotate -60*y
>  colour_map { [0 rgb .5][1 rgb 0] }
> }
>
> --
> Tek
> http://evilsuperbrain.com
>
>
> "Elija" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message
> news:web.462a1d392570192a7fd315660@news.povray.org...
> >I love this.
> >
> > I have to ask - how do you do that marble?
> >
> > whenever I try it looks, well rubbish!
> >
> > "Tek" <tek### [at] evilsuperbraincom> wrote:
> >> Alternate version with grass + more dead leaves. I definitely prefer the
> >> spider plants but I think I'll try combining both versions
> >>
> >> --
> >> Tek
> >> http://evilsuperbrain.com
> >>
> >> "Tek" <tek### [at] evilsuperbraincom> wrote in message
> >> news:46265758@news.povray.org...
> >> > "Florian Brucker" <tor### [at] torfboldcom> wrote in message
> >> > news:46264187@news.povray.org...
> >> >> - The plants in the background look like grass, but if they're
> >> >> supposed
> >> >> to be grass they're too big and too much ground is visible. So I'd
> >> >> either go for the grassy look (smaller scale and more of it) or add
> >> >> some
> >> >> blossoms or similar stuff to make it look more like flowers.
> >> >
> >> > They're spider plants.
> >> >
> >> >> - As someone already pointed out the board is pretty well aligned with
> >> >> the table, a small rotation would look better IMHO.
> >> >
> >> > It is already slightly rotated! By 1 degree to be precise. I think it's
> >> > enough to make it look like it's not perfectly straight, and I don't
> >> > want
> >> > to
> >> > turn it more since I think people would try to place their chessboard
> >> > roughly aligned to the table.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Tek
> >> > http://evilsuperbrain.com
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
> >

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Spider plants again, with adjusted layout to look a bit more interesting and 
not show a big empty patch of bare earth.

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Tek
http://evilsuperbrain.com

"Tek" <tek### [at] evilsuperbraincom> wrote in message 
news:4627b979@news.povray.org...
> Alternate version with grass + more dead leaves. I definitely prefer the
> spider plants but I think I'll try combining both versions
>
> -- 
> Tek
> http://evilsuperbrain.com
>
> "Tek" <tek### [at] evilsuperbraincom> wrote in message
> news:46265758@news.povray.org...
>> "Florian Brucker" <tor### [at] torfboldcom> wrote in message
>> news:46264187@news.povray.org...
>>> - The plants in the background look like grass, but if they're supposed
>>> to be grass they're too big and too much ground is visible. So I'd
>>> either go for the grassy look (smaller scale and more of it) or add some
>>> blossoms or similar stuff to make it look more like flowers.
>>
>> They're spider plants.
>>
>>> - As someone already pointed out the board is pretty well aligned with
>>> the table, a small rotation would look better IMHO.
>>
>> It is already slightly rotated! By 1 degree to be precise. I think it's
>> enough to make it look like it's not perfectly straight, and I don't want
>> to
>> turn it more since I think people would try to place their chessboard
>> roughly aligned to the table.
>>
>> -- 
>> Tek
>> http://evilsuperbrain.com
>>
>>
>
>
>

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ok you win!

This is the awesome one.....


"Tek" <tek### [at] evilsuperbraincom> wrote in message 
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>I think it's finished!
>
> I've added a background and tweaked my tone mapping & blur. Total render 
> time 16h 52m, at 1600x1200.
>
> Full size 1600x1200 version here:
> http://evilsuperbrain.com/gallery/finished/index.php?image=before_after
>
> What do you think?
> -- 
> Tek
> http://evilsuperbrain.com
>
>
>

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