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>
> Those pictures are CPU killers. A 333 MHz Celeron needs 20
> minutes to finish that one.
>
> Remember, it's a 100% virtual picture. Not one single detail
> is from a scanned photo or the like.
>
And to make it just that little bit more life-like -
How about either:
1 - bumpmap the continents to match the glass, then don't do a drop shadow
on the glass - so they look 'painted' on
or
2 - extrude the continents, so they have 'edges', and look like blocks of
foam pasted on the glass (with or w/o a finer grained bumpmap of their own)
You've got all the CPU in the world, right? ;-)
Ross
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Ross J. Reedstrom, Ph.D., <reedstrm@rice.edu>
NSBRI Research Scientist/Programmer
Computer and Information Technology Institute
Rice University, 6100 S. Main St., Houston, TX 77005
