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Re: Is there interest in a raytracing challenge?
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lugnet.cad.ray
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Thu, 2 Feb 2006 17:08:16 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.ray, Timothy Gould wrote:
> Hi all,
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> Would anyone be interested in a raytracing remix challenge? My idea is to
> provide a relatively simple MPD file and see what all us raytracers and
> renderers can do with it.
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> Furthermore, I'd like it if the techniques used were described in each response
> so that they can be incorporated into other peoples renders or just used as a
> learning tool for people trying to learn a bit about raytracing. At the end of
> the challenge I would be willing to make an FTX page for .cad.raytracing with
> details about the challenge and all the entrants.
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> Please let me know if you are interested and, if enough people are, I will make
> a more formal post sometime in the near future. Also, let me know if you would
> prefer it to be a competition or just a show and tell.
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> Tim
I would like to participate in this challenge, but since I have relatively
little experience in this area, my rendering would probably look the same as a
hundred others. If the intention is for more experienced renderers to show off
what they can do and teach others, that's fine. If you also want to include
people like me, I suggest adding an element of variability like integrating the
model into a scene or at least adding a backdrop.
Brian Durney
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| (...) My main intention is to get people to push their own limits and help others in the meantime. I would try to make it quite open so that people can try out postproduction, layout and other tricks as well as rendering. Tim (19 years ago, 2-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| Hi all, Would anyone be interested in a raytracing remix challenge? My idea is to provide a relatively simple MPD file and see what all us raytracers and renderers can do with it. Furthermore, I'd like it if the techniques used were described in (...) (19 years ago, 2-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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