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Re: How would you do it?
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Date: 
Thu, 2 Jun 2011 19:33:56 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.ray, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
A long time ago, Jeroen kindly rendered this image for me in POVRay

http://miltontrainworks.com/MTW/images/MTWproductLine_1280x1024.jpg

But the source got lost. Now I need it much much larger so I'm trying to
recreate it. I am all the way there (all models positioned right, etc) except
for the lighting/shadows. Which may well be the hardest part!

I like how the shadows are, they are relatively light. I also like how the base
reflection is set up (i.e. there is none)

I've been trying a lot of different render settings and surface settings but I'm
either getting large muddy shadows, or I'm getting a surface that reflects the
models. Anyone have any clues on the best combination of surface materials (for
the white plane that everything sits on) and light source settings? I thought
maybe an area light was the way to go but it's not working well for me.

Here's my current surface settings...

texture {
                        pigment{ rgb <1,1,1> }
                        finish {
                                reflection 0
                                ambient 0.4
                                diffuse 0.5
                                roughness  .01
                        }
                }

Am I even on the right track there?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Looking at the lighting, I'm pretty sure he used radiosity and prolly his
FastRad library.  I might still have a copy lemme poke around.

-Orion



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  Re: How would you do it?
 
(...) FastRad is a good choice for this scene. I would also use a parallel camera and lights. Mike (13 years ago, 22-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)

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  How would you do it?
 
A long time ago, Jeroen kindly rendered this image for me in POVRay (URL) the source got lost. Now I need it much much larger so I'm trying to recreate it. I am all the way there (all models positioned right, etc) except for the lighting/shadows. (...) (13 years ago, 2-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)  

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