POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Upgrading POV-Ray's include files #1: granites.inc --> granites21.inc : Re: Upgrading POV-Ray's include files #1: granites.inc --> granites21.inc /= Server Time
28 Jun 2024 20:53:04 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Upgrading POV-Ray's include files #1: granites.inc --> granites21.inc /=  
From: Bald Eagle
Date: 21 Apr 2021 06:55:00
Message: <web.608003a85367e06e1f9dae3025979125@news.povray.org>
Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
> I realise that I have taken
> on a major investigation :-) and that is ok.

So did I while writing this!


> Imo, the white represents the quartz veins that cut through the
> granites. In the original code they came out as mere "clouds" of grey; I
> brought them back at least as something looking like veins (the top
> texture). See the examples I provided.

IIRC, the marble pattern is just a series of repeating lines that attains a
marble look due to the turbulence.   Maybe make a material_map using turbulated
marble and have the granite and quartz materials be the entries.


Post a reply to this message

Copyright 2003-2023 Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd.