thank you very very very much ono! much appreciated

i love the dreamy mood from the first pic

OnoSendai wrote: * total render time and samples/sec now displayed correctly when a render is resumed.

finally
thanks ono

really good work BbB!

btw, it looks like theres a precendence error with the icecubes and/or the water.

works great. thanks CTZn!

hehe (thanks for the z-buffer tuts )

indigo says: "only 3 component jpegs are currently supported".
i assume you use a greyscale image ... convert it to rgb(3 components)

stunning pictures guys

yeeeehaaa

OnoSendai wrote:

manitwo wrote:where do i have to put the "<displacement_map>"?

Put it inside the diffuse element.

ohhh
got it thanks.

where do i have to put the "<displacement_map>"? with that: <material> <name>displacement</name> <diffuse> <albedo_spectrum> <rgb> <rgb>0.712475 0.712475 0.712475</rgb> <gamma>2.2</gamma> </rgb> </albedo_spectrum> </diffuse> <displacement_map> <uv_set>uv</uv_set> <path>disp2.jpg</path> <exponent>2.2...

wow! great
... *away testing*

OnoSendai wrote:I think the worst case for a complete micro poly approach would be highly specular reflections from high curvature surfaces, like chromed taps or something like that.

just curious: what about subdivision -> displacement -> subdivision ?

yeah i know

for the first render i used a selfmade bumpmap (silk_bump.jpg)
and for the second one i used a bumpmap found at the maxwellforum long time ago (povbump.jpg)