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Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
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Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:46:40 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Don Heyse wrote:
> Hey, good point. Since we're on the topic of crater plates, I'd like to
> use this part http://peeron.com/inv/parts/3947bpx1 to hijack this thread
... is it hijacking to put a thread back on topic? (even if the title is
changed, it's still the same thread, right?) ...
> and make an observation about part colors. As you can probably see from
> the picture, the shark crater plate uses a printed stipple pattern to
> produce the illusion of a fade from black to blue along the meandering
> edge of the underwater river pattern. I don't think anyone in their right
> mind would ever attempt to reproduce all of the stipple dots in ldraw
> quads, so the only way left to do this in the current ldraw syntax is by
> using many shades of color between black and blue. I'm not sure there are
> enough in the 256-512 range to accomplish this, especially if we're gonna
> re-purpose some of them for official brick colors.
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> I've seen lots of stippled fades in the recent printed parts and stickers,
> so I suspect we'll eventually be forced to allow direct RGB values for
> printed things, one way or another. Maybe the RGBs will be in these
> newfangled texture thingies. I don't know.
Which is exactly why I brought up texture mapping. Solving gradients with
texture mapping makes a lot of sense, for the reasons you mention.
Steve
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| And again, I forgot to include a bit. And second-posting about something very cool! Don, Be sure to take a look at Joshua's texture mapping primer/exposition on Facebook: (URL) good stuff, and could have very good benefits to LDraw. Steve (14 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| (...) Hey, good point. Since we're on the topic of crater plates, I'd like to use this part (URL) to hijack this thread and make an observation about part colors. As you can probably see from the picture, the shark crater plate uses a printed (...) (14 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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