Forum: Bryce

Subject: Bryce being weird (for a change)

drawbridgep opened this issue on Apr 16, 2004 ยท 10 posts

drawbridgep posted Fri, 16 April 2004 at 5:23 AM

I'm playing around with textures and caustics with the intention of doing a Hockney type picture looking through water. SO I tried this. A plane for the floor, a terrain with very little height for the surface of the water with a caustic texture and a P**** model. It works quite nicely. You can even see the caustic shadow on the tiled floor. But....

See the kinda of lens effect I'm getting at the bottom of the picture? WHY?! Open to suggestions to stop that.

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draculaz posted Fri, 16 April 2004 at 5:35 AM

hmm... interesting. obviously, the first thought is that there's something screwy going on b/w the water plane and the terrain. based on how it looks like, i'd say that it's the reflection and refraction of the terrain that's causing it. you've got a really good texture, i wouldn't want you to screw it up, but playing with the reflection/refraction dials might just be needed. one of them refracts on the other and the other takes that and turns it into a weird reflection. or i could be talking out of my bunghole. it's been known to happen. drac

drawbridgep posted Fri, 16 April 2004 at 5:43 AM

OH DUH!!! I just took the refraction to zero and problem solved. You're too smart Drac. Was a weird one though. And I haven't had my coffee yet. [Tries to think of other excuses for being stoopid]

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draculaz posted Fri, 16 April 2004 at 5:51 AM

oh don't thank me...

drawbridgep posted Fri, 16 April 2004 at 5:53 AM

Nice pic. OK, off to Starbucks.

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danamo posted Fri, 16 April 2004 at 5:06 PM

Omigawd...Starbucks!!
Poor Phil is practically a full-fledged 'murcan already!!

drawbridgep posted Fri, 16 April 2004 at 5:43 PM

I live on Starbucks coffee. I used to work next to one and the girl would get it (triple tall hazlenut latte) ready without asking as soon she saw me, and more importantly, gave me a discount. She was American though and you know how all American girls love the English accent. ;-)

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DJB posted Fri, 16 April 2004 at 9:42 PM

Very similar to how I did my Still life challenge image.Just a different POV.

"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions."


danamo posted Sat, 17 April 2004 at 1:07 AM

I can quite understand that drawbridge, I've always had a weakness for women with English accents as well. They can say something really scandalous, yet it all sounds so cultured,lol.

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You can keep Starbucks...I'm into Pret.....! :-)

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