Leef_me wrote:
> Seriously, your work is both an inspiration and a frustration.
> Both Tulips and Pebbles would seem to be photo quality.

Thanks :-)  Well, I shall be posting the source code to the newsgroups 
shortly, so you'll be able to see all of my dirty secrets! :-D

> > Well it's been over 7 years since I last played with POV-Ray ..
> 
> Welcome back !!!!

Hopefully it won't be another 7 years until the next one! ;-)


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I've posted the source code here...
http://news.povray.org/povray.text.scene-files/thread/%3C48d158e3%241%40news.povray.org%3E/
...and here...
http://xlcus.com/povray/pebbles/pebbles.pov


Cheers,

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Jonathan Hunt <jon### [at] xlcuscom> wrote:
> Bill Pragnell wrote:
> > Unless your code is particularly convoluted, I think it highly
> > unlikely that manual placement of the stones would be easier.
>
> Well, easier in the sense of trying to get them placed "Just right" from
> an artistic point of view.  I think I tried over 200 values for the
> starting value of the random seed before I settled on the placement you
> see in the final image! :-)

'Nuff said, I've been there! What the SDL needs is an eval_aesthetics() function
so you can automate seed hunting ;-)

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Bill Pragnell nous illumina en ce 2008-09-18 11:53 -->

> 'Nuff said, I've been there! What the SDL needs is an eval_aesthetics() function
> so you can automate seed hunting ;-)
> 
OK! But, the problem is that aesthetic don't have the same meaning from one 
person to the next... An even for a gives person, it can change acording on a 
multitude of factors, like your age, the weather, how was the day at 
work/school, your last meal, the weather,...

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Alain <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> Bill Pragnell nous illumina en ce 2008-09-18 11:53 -->
>
> > 'Nuff said, I've been there! What the SDL needs is an eval_aesthetics() function
> > so you can automate seed hunting ;-)
> >
> OK! But, the problem is that aesthetic don't have the same meaning from one
> person to the next... An even for a gives person, it can change acording on a
> multitude of factors, like your age, the weather, how was the day at
> work/school, your last meal, the weather,...

Agreed! I was just being facetious. :P

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I've added some comments to the source code to hopefully make it easier 
to understand! :-)

http://news.povray.org/48d81ce2%40news.povray.org
http://xlcus.com/povray/pebbles/pebbles.pov

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