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Re: Proposed new colour
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Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:44:44 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Timothy Gould wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad, Timothy Gould wrote:
> > > In lugnet.cad, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > > > 446 has the yellowish shine to it that I see when I look at track. But
> > > > color alone doesn't solve the reflectivity problem does it? I think you'd
> > > > need to also work up some surface settings for POV, right?
> > > >
> > > > I suspect changing reflectivity will do more to improve rendering realism
> > > > than changing color but I could be wrong. (as an aside I think everything
> > > > is a bit too reflective, no bricks are actually that perfect)
> > > >
> > > > ~~~~ , er I mean: ++Lar
> > >
> > > Hi Lar,
> > >
> > > I have already done that in POVray (see the bottom of the original post,
> > > the material is much less shiny and a different colour) but I am proposing
> > > to use a new colour as a more general solution so that the new material
> > > definition can be merged into lugnet`_colors.inc or other colour definition
> > > files more easily (colour 383 is already processed separately as it is
> > > defined to be chrome rather than a coloured ABS).
> >
> > OK, well sorry, I guess I wasn't very clear. Would this new color be one
> > that should also be processed separately/special? By POV? By the cad
> > programs? It sounds like you alreeady worked up the necessary SURFACE
> > settings (I think that's the keyword, I forget)...
> >
> > ~~~
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> It may be me who isn't being clear. I've never dealth with the ldraw side of
> colours, just the povray end. Yes it would be processed specially like the
> CHROME and RUBBER colours. Perhaps a new definition like METAL could be used
> which might also cover electrical contacts (494). Are you thinking of
> MATERIAL or TEXTURE maybe? In that case, yes I have worked it out mostly. I'm
> sure it can be tweaked some more though.
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> [[User:TimGould]]
Yes, POV keyword MATERIAL I think. Thanks.
<font color="green">[[User:Lar/Esperanza|+]]</font>+[[User:Lar|Lar]]:
[[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 18:44, 26 February 2006
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