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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 23:03:50 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Don Heyse wrote:
> <snip> 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
> 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, [...]
No one in his right mind would do this baseplate without using texture mapping.
OK, Philo would, but I question that he's right in the head on a regular basis.
:)
Even so, the question would be, should one duplicate the nature of the stippling
pattern, or go the easier (and some might say, better looking) route of a
gradient in those areas?
-- joshuaD
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| (...) Well, since the stippling pattern is just an artifact of the printing process, I'd say it's foolish to reproduce it. Some of the dots on the newer stippled gradients are so tiny I can't even see them without a huge magnifier (or maybe I just (...) (15 years ago, 11-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 (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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