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Re: MLCading (Was Re: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002)
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Thu, 7 Feb 2002 02:42:11 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> Ahui Herrera writes:
> > This will give those newbies a even playing field. Also I'm
> > not sure about all of you but this month's scenes were again
> > mostly 'space themes' in the scene entries. Granted they are
> > very very good (I spent and hour trying to narrow it down)
> > but can't we start rendering something else? Space is nice
> > with all the starts and effect but I challenge our renders to
> > create something different.
>
> I think this is because Space is relatively easy to render compared to a
> scene on the ground. It takes quite some practice and knowledge of
> POV-Ray to get nice lighting and a good background in a scene if you
> need to include a ground plane, a sky, and possibly some background
> elements. In a space scene, however, you can use a single line and an
> include file to make a great starry backdrop, or you can add in the
> effects afterwards in Photoshop.
> --Bram
Good point. But not even counting the ease of making backgrounds, Space, or
"Science Fiction" in general, has always been a popular topic for rendering.
Just take a look at the IRTC entries.(1) Even though that competition has
clearly defined topics for each round, people still whip up something sci-fi
(pardon the abbreviation) and try to force it to fit the topic. Like it or
not, the subject has a lot of supporters. So it's not surprising at all
that the majority of entries tend toward space.
BTW, I looked long and hard at the IRTC's method of having specific topics
for each round. I thought it might be adapted to our situation. But the
more I thought about it, the less I thought it would work. It is just too
limiting, trying to force people to make models or scenes to fit a specific
topic, and the odds of having topics with no entries is likely.
The IRTC's point is to foster creativity using rendering. MOTM/SOTM is to
showcase models and scenes using virtual Lego pieces.
-- Terry K --
1. Footnotes!
IRTC - Internet RayTracing Competition
www.irtc.org
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