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Re: Chrome Parts
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lugnet.cad
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Sun, 11 Aug 2002 20:40:48 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss writes:
> I emailed Travis about the possibility of actually producing a chrome-like
> finish on parts in LDView, he seemed cautiously optimistic. But I'll let
> him explain what he was thinking, if he wants.
I'm still not likely to have any kind of reflectiveness any time soon, but I
played with the specular values and came up with some values that I think do
a reasonbly good job:
http://home.san.rr.com/tcobbs/LDView/metallic.png
The row on the front/right are gold, chrome, and electric contacts (from
front left to back right). In the back/left, I put yellow, white, and light
gray for comparison.
Let me know what you think.
--Travis Cobbs (tcobbs@REMOVE.halibut.com)
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| (...) Hmm. The gold looks the best, I think it's at least partly because we can establish a color value for gold that is distinct from the standard yellow. The electric contact is second-best, IMO. I just couldn't see enough difference between the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts [DAT]
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| (...) I generate them with LDLite, scaled up 3x, with thick edges. Then I run them through ImageMagick to reduce by 3x (and convert to gif). Finally, I 'batch convert' them with Paint Shop Pro, because ImageMagick doesn't compress the gifs (I assume (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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