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Re: A small (and my first) train animation done with MLCad
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Date: 
Tue, 5 Sep 2006 15:44:44 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> after playing around with nearly all (common) features in POV-Ray - like
> radiosity, media, fog etc. - I have finally started the latest excurse into
> working with the clock variable.
> 
> Here comes my first small animation movie (1.5 MB) of the already known BR23
> engine with BBB wheels and moving rods. The movie file has been generated with
> the Windows XP moviemaker. More professional attempts may follow.
> 
> http://festum.de/1000steine/album/Brickfilme_by_ben/Film_Ben_001.wmv
> 
> Hope you enjoy it,
> 
> Ben

Hi Ben,

Very neat and I imagine from my past povray animation experiments that it was
very time consuming.

The one problem I have with it is the sky. It distracts from the train in the
first few seconds of the animation. Perhaps a smoother transition from floor to
sky would improve that.

Other than that one complaint though I have to say it's a great animation.
Really looks like the train is running.

Tim



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  Re: A small (and my first) train animation done with MLCad
 
(...) Dear Tim, take this as not more than a first test run.... I did several runs so far in which I was playing around with anti alias (the POV-Ray manual tell NOT to use it, while I found it looked way better with AA-settings). I also tested (...) (20 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)

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  A small (and my first) train animation done with MLCad
 
Hi all, after playing around with nearly all (common) features in POV-Ray - like radiosity, media, fog etc. - I have finally started the latest excurse into working with the clock variable. Here comes my first small animation movie (1.5 MB) of the (...) (20 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)

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