ULC@PSUVM.BITNET (05/31/89)
THIS IS ESPECIALLY FOR BILL SOUTH I CANNOT MAIL TO YOU DIRECTLY for some reason so here it is again.... Hello there all you graphics enthusiasts... I have finally completed two Sculpt3/4 D objects that might interest you. A) A flat outline of all the major land masses of the earth ( mercator projection ) B) A "GLOBE" of the world containing the major land masses, suitably triangularized to give a smooth sperical surface. Object (A) can be suitable for any number of applications by itself: a ground pattern, a logo etc. and since it is flat, one can use a minimal number of triangles in it's construction. It will render on a 1Meg Amiga. Object (B) consists of approximatly 1800 triangles. This will only render on a machine with 1.5Meg or more. The increase in the database size is because of the need for a finer triangle subdivision to approximate a sphere. It only contains the major land masses with the exclusion of the Artic/Antartic. It does not include the "SEA" which can be constructed by the addition of an underlying blue sphere ( I find a refinement factor of 2 is best here ). Using SA4D in the scanlinepaint mode, a full size image in ham interlaced mode is produced in approximatly 25minutes with a normal Ami. A short animation is available ( by Monday 13th March ) on a local BBS ( 814-231-1345 2400 noparity 8bit) to show the detail. A nice idea that could produce VERY nice results is to use INTERCHANGE to convert the globe into Turbo Silver format and render it as glass ( frosted glass for the land - clear blue for the sea ) with the correct refraction. Unfortunately this object ( as you could imagine ) took MANY man hours to produce and is ( in my humble opinion ) a quality product. So I am charging $25 for a disk containing both objects (A) + (B) as SA scenes. Hopefully I will be able to eventually afford a hard disk so that I may pursue my "NICE" idea above. Jason Twamley 515 Marjorie Mae St. State College, PA 16803 (814) 867-3844. Ps. If possible try to get the animation from the BBS before sending away. I cannot transfer my animation to a FTP site here as we are not equipped with an Ami interface. Any comments would be appreciated. I am not sure if I can post this on USENET but I am NOT affiliated with any company.