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Kyle wrote:
> tom millican wrote:
>>> I'm pretty happy with the way it's turning out, and hope to add
>>> something to make the scene more interesting. Coyote scat would be
>>> relevant, but I'm not sure about the appropriateness of adding that :)
>>
>> I dig it. What would be inappropriate about coyote scat? Some people
>> get very excited
>> about scat on trails. Even if the animal that left it isn't in sight, it
>> adds to the experience knowing that they're not that far away.
>>
>
> When I read Sam's post, I thought "coyote scat" was an algorithm that I
> hadn't hear of yet. Now, reading your reply, I realize what he is
> referring to. Duh. :D
It could become a macro someday :)
> BTW, nice work Sam!
Thanks!
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Christian Froeschlin wrote:
> Kyle wrote:
>
>> When I read Sam's post, I thought "coyote scat" was an algorithm that
>> I hadn't hear of yet.
>
> the famous coyote scattering model for media ;)
Yes, and coyotes do a good job at it, too. My brother once saw coyote
scat on to of a large metal water tank. A tank which had only one path
to the top: a ladder. Go figure.
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:24:04 -0800, stbenge wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:03:14 -0800, stbenge wrote:
>>
>>> I run a lot of tests over here, though very few ever make it to the
>>> public. I figured this image was worth posting, even if it is
>>> unfinished.
>>
>> It brings to mind one of the episodes of CBS Radio Mystery Theater that
>> I listened to earlier today - entitled "Escape! Escape!".
>>
>> The upshot was some escaped convicts ended up being shrunk down to ant-
>> size and placed in a terrarium.
>
> That sounds like a fun show to listen to. Where might I find it?
I found the recordings on one of the more popular torrent sites. The
shows date from 1974 (it's radio drama), about 1400 of them in total over
9 years.
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:24:04 -0800, stbenge wrote:
>
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:03:14 -0800, stbenge wrote:
>>>
>>>> I run a lot of tests over here, though very few ever make it to the
>>>> public. I figured this image was worth posting, even if it is
>>>> unfinished.
>>> It brings to mind one of the episodes of CBS Radio Mystery Theater that
>>> I listened to earlier today - entitled "Escape! Escape!".
>>>
>>> The upshot was some escaped convicts ended up being shrunk down to ant-
>>> size and placed in a terrarium.
>> That sounds like a fun show to listen to. Where might I find it?
>
> I found the recordings on one of the more popular torrent sites. The
> shows date from 1974 (it's radio drama), about 1400 of them in total over
> 9 years.
Darn! I was hoping CBS still had radio shows :(
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Christian Froeschlin wrote:
> Great image! Maybe still a tiny bit sterile. Possibly because
> there is only one type of plant, or because the texture on the
> individual blades is rather uniform. Maybe some blades should
> be more yellow- or brownish, or have some spots and defects.
> Especially since the climate seems a bit dry anyway ;)
Thanks!
I might be able to give each clump a different texture, and even use UV
mapping as well. Dried-up curlies near the bottom of some clumps should
be possible too.
> The placement trick works quite well, but some regularity
> might still be subtly perceived by dominance of some of the
> occuring angles (more parallel lines than you would normally
> expect, especially near the sides).
I'll be refining the mesh soon, so hopefully that goes away.
> Is the lighting just radiosity or did you add luminous bloom?
Yeah, I did add luminous bloom to the image. It was very washed-out
before, and it still looks a little dim to me. I think I'll brighten the
sun for the next render.
Sam
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497fee71@news.povray.org...
> Yes, dead grass would make it look better. More soil showing would also
> help. The water idea is good, but too much iridescence on the water's
> surface could give the impression of an oil spill :S
>
Or a very thin layer of decaying organic fat materials :-)
Marc
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:11:58 -0800, stbenge wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:24:04 -0800, stbenge wrote:
>>
>>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:03:14 -0800, stbenge wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I run a lot of tests over here, though very few ever make it to the
>>>>> public. I figured this image was worth posting, even if it is
>>>>> unfinished.
>>>> It brings to mind one of the episodes of CBS Radio Mystery Theater
>>>> that I listened to earlier today - entitled "Escape! Escape!".
>>>>
>>>> The upshot was some escaped convicts ended up being shrunk down to
>>>> ant- size and placed in a terrarium.
>>> That sounds like a fun show to listen to. Where might I find it?
>>
>> I found the recordings on one of the more popular torrent sites. The
>> shows date from 1974 (it's radio drama), about 1400 of them in total
>> over 9 years.
>
> Darn! I was hoping CBS still had radio shows :(
There was an attempt at a revival in about 1998 IIRC, but it only went
for a little while (and I haven't managed to find those recordings,
either). I remember listening to these on WCCO radio in Minneapolis as a
kid - though I don't remember any of the stories specifically.
They were broadcast on the CBS Radio Network; the recordings I found are
from radio stations all over the country (I've noted a station in
Portland, OR; WOR out of New York; and KSL out of Salt Lake City so far),
sometimes with commercials, sometimes without. Occasionally with news at
the beginning or end of the episode as well. That's actually been fairly
interesting to listen to as well, as the timing of the first episodes
comes from right around Watergate and the energy crisis from the 70s.
Some of the episodes are also sourced from records used for broadcasts to
US Servicemen abroad as I understand it.
Jim
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Luminous Bloom point pattern, I just had to look.
Still wondering what you're running in your veins to make you such a genius.
Find a source for Ampakines yet?
http://www.nootropics.com/refs/
OMG what life could be if people had the balls to stomp out greedy government
turd-sandwiches
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stbenge nous illumina en ce 2009-01-26 21:03 -->
> Hello everyone,
>
> I run a lot of tests over here, though very few ever make it to the
> public. I figured this image was worth posting, even if it is unfinished.
>
> Grass, rocks. The rocks are a single height_field, tested and created
> using a crackle form chart I devised some time ago, and should post
> someday. I gave the HF a proximity pattern, which I then used to give it
> a more interesting texture.
>
> The grass is a clump composed of a single mesh which was copied, rotated
> and translated randomly. The clumps were placed upon the HF using
> trace(), and only appear in cracks. This was accomplished using the
> aforementioned proximity pattern.
>
> I'm pretty happy with the way it's turning out, and hope to add
> something to make the scene more interesting. Coyote scat would be
> relevant, but I'm not sure about the appropriateness of adding that :)
>
> Comments and questions are always welcome, though I'm not too sure about
> releasing the code, which is a mess.
>
> Sam
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
One of the best close up grass view to date.
Some peoples may mistake that image for a photo.
--
Alain
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You know you've been raytracing too long when you resign the fact that printing
uses CMYK instead of RGB to one of those tests God gave to Job; otherwise life
would be too painful to go on.
-- Taps a.k.a. Tapio Vocadlo
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stbenge wrote:
> Scat is interesting stuff. You get an idea of what the animal ate. I
> once saw coyote scat with prickly pear berry seeds in it. If you don't
> already know, prickly pears are cacti, and the berries have many thorns
> on them. Prickly pears have both large and fine thorns, and the small
> ones do not come out easily. Coyotes are desperate creatures.
>
Just for general info, here are a couple links to descriptions and
pictures of prickly pear cactus:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia
http://www.desertusa.com/magoct97/oct_pa/du_prkpear.html
It's said that they make some very good jams/jellies. (Never had a
chance to try any myself though...) :-(
-=- Larry -=-
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