Hey, this caused quite a lot of response, thanks for the interest.


> You need MegaPov for the aoi-pattern though.

MegaPov requires Windows, I believe; I'm on a Mac. But it would be nice to
see an example.


> Creative usage of shadowless lights. Makes me think of nanobots.
>
> I went looking for intersecting parts in there, because I knew if you didn't
> use collision avoidance that I'd see a lot of that, and was about to think
> there weren't any such places; then happened to notice the center. Just a
> little to the left of exact center. I was looking around the sides and into
> the background first.

I saw it, but let's leave them alone; they're probably making more nanobots.
:)

> Anyway, it's a very eye-catching image!

Thanks!

> zorglub:

> A different approach

Very nice! I had a similar idea, but I thought of using a positive light and
then inverting the image afterwards in Photoshop Elements. It didn't work
so well, so I abandoned it. But yours looks great!

H

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"helge_h" <nomail@nomail> wrote:

> MegaPov requires Windows, I believe; I'm on a Mac. But it would be nice to
> see an example.
>


http://users.skynet.be/smellenbergh/

(MacMegaPov -- I use it all the time, since my souped-up G3 has problems
with the official Mac compile of POVRay.  I "souped" it myself; that's most
likely the problem.)

Dave Matthews

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You can use slope to, and no lights:

camera{location -z*10 look_at 0}

#local TEX = texture{
  pigment{slope{<0,0,-10>} //the vector should be your camera position
    pigment_map{
    [0.25 rgb 1 transmit 0.5]
    [0.75 rgb 0 transmit 0.5]
    }
  }
  normal{agate scale 0.2}
  finish{ambient 1 diffuse 0} //the ambient controls the brightness
}

sphere{0,1 texture{TEX}}

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zorglub wrote:
> A different approach :
> 
> Only one point_light with a negative color at camera position, and an 
> ambient texture.
> 
> camera {
>   location  <0.0, 0, -10.0>
>   direction 1.5*z
>   right     x*image_width/image_height
>   look_at   <0.0, 0.0,  0.0>
> }
> light_source {
>   <0, 0, -15> // same as cam, to eliminate the side/parallax effect
>   color rgb -2 // megative value for dark side, greater than 1 for good 
> contrast ;)
>   shadowless
> }
> // the excellent texture, slightly modified
> #local Surface = texture {
>  pigment { color rgb <0.804, 0.82, 0.85> }
>  normal { agate scale 0.1 }
>  finish { ambient 2 diffuse 1 }  // ambient greater than 1 for good 
> contrast
> }
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
This is a bit like John Bradshaw SEM texture a few years back.
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-r

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Just for fun =)

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Just curiosity, have you got an ebook? I'm planning to buy one on January, 
because I think it will appear the new one the next year.

Regards,
Oleguer




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> "helge_h" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
>
>> MegaPov requires Windows, I believe; I'm on a Mac. But it would be nice 
>> to
>> see an example.
>>
>> > Bob Hughes:
>
> http://users.skynet.be/smellenbergh/
>
> (MacMegaPov -- I use it all the time, since my souped-up G3 has problems
> with the official Mac compile of POVRay.  I "souped" it myself; that's 
> most
> likely the problem.)
>
> Dave Matthews
>

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Thanks for the MacMegaPov link, Dave, maybe I'll look at it.

Wagner and Rangifer: thanks for the tips, slope maps look good, too.

"Oleguer Vilella" <ole### [at] infonegociocom> wrote:
> Just curiosity, have you got an ebook? I'm planning to buy one on January,
> because I think it will appear the new one the next year.

I have a 5 year old G4 Mac, running just fine.

H

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> You can use slope to, and no lights:

Wouaouh ! It's so cool !
It gives the best result, IMHO

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zorglub wrote:
> Wouaouh ! It's so cool !
> It gives the best result, IMHO
You should you far less (if any) bluring, electron-microscopes have a very 
high depth of field.
(See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Misc_pollen.jpg for example)

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Ahh, all right.

Congratulations for your image.

Regards,
Oleguer




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> Thanks for the MacMegaPov link, Dave, maybe I'll look at it.
>
> Wagner and Rangifer: thanks for the tips, slope maps look good, too.
>
> "Oleguer Vilella" <ole### [at] infonegociocom> wrote:
>> Just curiosity, have you got an ebook? I'm planning to buy one on 
>> January,
>> because I think it will appear the new one the next year.
>
> I have a 5 year old G4 Mac, running just fine.
>
> H
>

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