POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : portal : Re: portal Server Time
5 Nov 2024 08:27:12 EST (-0500)
  Re: portal  
From: Steve
Date: 4 Feb 2000 22:48:14
Message: <slrn89n4td.4d9.sjlen@zero-pps.localdomain>
>Very nice.
>*I* like the wave in the center. I think it adds drama.
>The 2 skies look too much alike to my taste.
>The gate in itself is fantastic.
>Too bad the sea reflects the same lighting/sky everywhere. But I know of
>know way of solving this without image compositing. er... maybe with Megapov
>light groups (nver tried this feature myself)?

You could try the vampire method, You could have a triangular copy of 
the sea behind the portal, and have that only reflect light from within
the portal and have the outer light shine on the outer sea.  

There are some good demonstrations of the vampire method in the scene files
groups.



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