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| Hi Tim, IMHO the suggested color is too coarse (is this the right word?). It needs to be more blotchy. My suggestion is: #declare Pearl_Light_Gray= texture{ pigment{ bozo color_map { [0.2 rgb <0.55, 0.55, 0.57>] [0.5 rgb <0.6, 0.6, 0.62>] } scale 10 (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| (...) Now, that's what I call a Pearl Script! *lol* (Sorry, couldn't stop myself) (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| (...) Thanks for that Koyan. I already use that one and find it is not quite right to my eyes so I was hoping someone had tweaked it. Tim (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| "Tim Gould" <t.gould(AT@)lancast...c(DOT.)uk> wrote in news:ItAHyG.34w@lugnet.com: (...) I use this definition from Todd Lehman's collection: (URL) (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had a get texture defnition for pearl grey (like the 1x2 bricks with grilles in the Santa Fe cars). It seems to have quite different properties to other Lego colours. Thanks for any help, Tim (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| (...) Sorry to hear that. There's a full world of time-wasting waiting for you :-) Maybe you should start 'in the other end', that's how I began rendering. Install the standard POVRay and play with that (no Lego, just plain POVRay) until you feel (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| (...) Hi Darrell, This book is a great resource to put 3d computer artists in the right frame of mind to go from model to rendered scene. It is aimed at users of high-end packages such as Maya, but the meat is in the nicely explained theory. (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| Both helpful and maddening, I've been trying for a year now.. What is your highest recommended tool? I've been working with Blender... (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| (...) When I do my renders I try to imagine what the source for the light would be eg. desk lamp, overhead light, window and make my lights accordingly. It might be fun to try to capture that in your class. Even if you just used two lights and (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| (...) This is an interesting statement.. I find a lot of my beginning 3D students do not have a good idea of what their scene is supposed to look like. A lot of their renders have a "sameness" as well, as they have no real idea of composition, (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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