Chris Huff <chr### [at] yahoocom> writes:

> In article <387ba7f6@news.povray.org>, "Jan Walzer" 
> <nos### [at] informatikuni-hallede> wrote:
> 
> > hmmm ... but am I right, about the rendertime ...
> > I've thougt about the last night, and found that therefore the "steps in 
> > the
> > media" (or how was it called) have to be massivly increased, to get all 
> > the
> > branches of a high-detailed tree, don't they?
> > The standard for this is AFAIK 10 steps, and how can this make a good 
> > tree ?
> 
> I really think the best use of a density pattern to make a tree or grass 
> would be in an isosurface, which is actually slightly similar to media 
> in some ways. And their render speed is usually quite tolerable, 
> although complex ones with a lot of very small details can be slow.

I have tried to model the fur with an isosurface and failed miserably.
I don't know why this didn't work. With media however, it turned out
quite weill. For this reason, I believe that it may be worth the effort 
to try grass or needles with media.

Thomas

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