Re: [HACKERS] Re: Developers Globe (FINAL)

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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