Wyrmshadow
Deity
not to burst your bubble or anything Risbinroch, but I already make the Fiat Cr32 almost 8 months ago.
How do I use POV-Ray
- Thread starter Gogf
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Risbinroch
Prince
Yeah I know...... Actually I will just make this as an exercice, don't know how good it will be, propably crap...
Didn't mean to challenge you in any way
I just happen to have pictures of it, so that's what I'm making. Or try to make is perhaps more correct...
Didn't mean to challenge you in any way
I just happen to have pictures of it, so that's what I'm making. Or try to make is perhaps more correct...
vbraun
Raytracing
Must look at csg stuff now... I kinda skipped it. 
This is what i ve made so far:
Btw, Gogf when you render something it is turned into a .bmp at the same time. Just goto the scenes foulder and find it
This is what i ve made so far:
Btw, Gogf when you render something it is turned into a .bmp at the same time. Just goto the scenes foulder and find it
Gogf
Indescribable
Originally posted by vbraun
Must look at csg stuff now... I kinda skipped it.
This is what i ve made so far:
Btw, Gogf when you render something it is turned into a .bmp at the same time. Just goto the scenes foulder and find it
1. Thanks, I knew it was a bmp, but not where it was
.2. Can you post the pov file for that vbraun? Something fairly simple like that would probably be very helpful. Thanks
3. How does it render an animation?
Risbinroch
Prince
Gogf: I believe you have to type something in the render "window" allthough I really don't care too much about that yet, I will "master" the modelling first.
vbraun
Raytracing
1. No prob
2. Ill post it tonight
2. Ill post it tonight
Risbinroch
Prince
BTW, a good site with tutorial on making an animations aswell:
http://www.webresort.net/bgezal/tutorial/
http://www.webresort.net/bgezal/tutorial/
aaglo
Furioso!
About animating stuff:
- the 'clock'-word controls everything.
Lets say you want to render an animation of 20 frames (see the attached image).
- the -j takes off the jitter in the anti-aliasign. Because the jitter is completely 'random', it creates ugly noise in the final animation.
- the +kff20 means, that you are about to render an animation of 20 frames.
- the +kc means, that you make the animation cyclic. this is very useful in unit making, because you would want the animations to be cyclic (no twitches and such).
The clock used in the animation runs always from 0 to 1. If you want a sphere to move from <0,0,0> to <0,0,50> at steady speed during the 20 frames, you just put in the spere location <0,0,50*clock> very simple. For finer movements, the best tool is trigonometry - sin and cos.
Like if you want the movement to start of slowly, accelerate and then decelerate to a halt, then you should change the sphere location to <0,0,(25-25*cos(radians(180*clock)))>. Quite simple, when you get to know it
- the 'clock'-word controls everything.
Lets say you want to render an animation of 20 frames (see the attached image).
- the -j takes off the jitter in the anti-aliasign. Because the jitter is completely 'random', it creates ugly noise in the final animation.
- the +kff20 means, that you are about to render an animation of 20 frames.
- the +kc means, that you make the animation cyclic. this is very useful in unit making, because you would want the animations to be cyclic (no twitches and such).
The clock used in the animation runs always from 0 to 1. If you want a sphere to move from <0,0,0> to <0,0,50> at steady speed during the 20 frames, you just put in the spere location <0,0,50*clock> very simple. For finer movements, the best tool is trigonometry - sin and cos.
Like if you want the movement to start of slowly, accelerate and then decelerate to a halt, then you should change the sphere location to <0,0,(25-25*cos(radians(180*clock)))>. Quite simple, when you get to know it
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Gogf
Indescribable
So, what is the code for
" #include "colors.inc"
#include "stones.inc"
background { color Magenta }
camera {
location <0, 2, -3>
look_at <0, 1, 2>
}
box {
<-1, 0, -1>, // Near lower left corner
< 1, 0.5, 3> // Far upper right corner
texture {
T_Stone25 // Pre-defined from stones.inc
scale 4 // Scale by the same amount in all
// directions
}
rotate y*20 // Equivalent to "rotate <0,20,0>"
}
light_source { <2, 4, -3> color White}"
So that the sphere moved 50 spaces to the right? Once I get that, I think I got it.
" #include "colors.inc"
#include "stones.inc"
background { color Magenta }
camera {
location <0, 2, -3>
look_at <0, 1, 2>
}
box {
<-1, 0, -1>, // Near lower left corner
< 1, 0.5, 3> // Far upper right corner
texture {
T_Stone25 // Pre-defined from stones.inc
scale 4 // Scale by the same amount in all
// directions
}
rotate y*20 // Equivalent to "rotate <0,20,0>"
}
light_source { <2, 4, -3> color White}"
So that the sphere moved 50 spaces to the right? Once I get that, I think I got it.
vbraun
Raytracing
Id just thing ill show off my first animation (not done the way aaglo said):
Gogf
Indescribable
vbraun, cmon post the file for the model (on the ground ).
BTW, it looks pretty nice, but you may want to try Aagle's way. Also, how did you get it zoomed and angled like that? Thanks.
).BTW, it looks pretty nice, but you may want to try Aagle's way. Also, how did you get it zoomed and angled like that? Thanks.
Wyrmshadow
Deity
Double Post
Wyrmshadow
Deity
Oh my word!!! That program looks like a giant headache to me. Want my advice? Spring for $70 so you can buy Bryce5. Won't have to worry about commands or numbers. Its all a GUI. Take a look at this picture.
vbraun
Raytracing
Here you go gogf:
Gogf
Indescribable
The Slayer
Warlord
I also have Bryce (no, I'm not rish, so, figure it then...)
The reason I choosed to strart learning POV-ray is that it doesn't need props like Poser, or to know a lot about 3d like 3dstudio ... I't just write some words and.. yay, you got your unit!.
But, perhaps defore I learn this, I could give Bryce a try.
The reason I choosed to strart learning POV-ray is that it doesn't need props like Poser, or to know a lot about 3d like 3dstudio ... I't just write some words and.. yay, you got your unit!.
But, perhaps defore I learn this, I could give Bryce a try.
Wyrmshadow
Deity
Bryce can't model, but it can animated the hell out of things. All my units are made in Bryce. It can import many different object formats. I use bryce for animation, but on those rare occasions when I must make my own models, I use something else.
And $70 is VERY cheap when compared to $300 for 3dstudio, or $1600 for Lightwave
And $70 is VERY cheap when compared to $300 for 3dstudio, or $1600 for Lightwave
The Slayer
Warlord
Yes, for the ones that can afford to spend some dollars, I think 70 are a better option.
I assume you get the ship, planes, whatever from renderosity and the like, no?. Free or by paying?. Or they come included in the program (difficult, but who knows....)
I assume you get the ship, planes, whatever from renderosity and the like, no?. Free or by paying?. Or they come included in the program (difficult, but who knows....)
Gogf
Indescribable
Wyrmshadow: can it import ".3ds"es? If so then Slayer, go to http://www.anim8or.com.
@vbraun:
That is complicated. How did you do that?
@vbraun:
That is complicated. How did you do that?
Gogf
Indescribable
Okay, I'm now using this code:
#include "colors.inc"
background { color Magenta }
camera {
location <0, 2, -3>
look_at <0, 1, 2>
}
// create a sphere shape
sphere {
<0,1,(25-25*cos(radians(180*clock)))> // center of sphere <X Y Z>
0.5 // radius of sphere
pigment { color Blue }
}
light_source { <2, 4, -3> color White}
And would like to know two things:
1. How do I add one stripe of red going around the center of the sphere?
2. How do I add more light?
#include "colors.inc"
background { color Magenta }
camera {
location <0, 2, -3>
look_at <0, 1, 2>
}
// create a sphere shape
sphere {
<0,1,(25-25*cos(radians(180*clock)))> // center of sphere <X Y Z>
0.5 // radius of sphere
pigment { color Blue }
}
light_source { <2, 4, -3> color White}
And would like to know two things:
1. How do I add one stripe of red going around the center of the sphere?
2. How do I add more light?
