EMAIL: p.gibellini@teinos.com
NAME: Paolo Gibellini
TOPIC: Future
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Best wishes for a merry future!
COUNTRY: Italy
WEBPAGE: none significant
RENDERER USED: Povray 3.5
TOOLS USED: Powray 3.5, 3DWin (to convert the shape of the reindeer), The Gimp (for the name on the image)
RENDER TIME: 11 h 10'
HARDWARE USED: Pentium II 333 MHz

IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
A powerful light is coming from outside, it is the future
waiting for you outside the window...
Often we are dreaming for a merry future, and equally often
we are wishing to our friends a merry future.
Now, next year is close at hand, and my immediate thought is
to wish to you all a merry 2004 ;-)

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
This is my third raytracing work, and is realized with
the whole editor of Povray, except the shape of the reindeer
spying outside the window (it was an old CorelDRAW! shape,
nevertheless not substantial for the overall scene).
Tree decoration are realized by a macro. Tree shape is simple,
because it is in background, and I've realized the festoon
with a spiral spline.
My original room was totally modified after reading a news
posted by Bob R. POVrookie related to media attenuation, it
was perfectly suitable for my idea.
The texture of the parcel is composite, just the dots are 
reflecting as little mirrors. At first I've thought to do
little stars, but there was no time, and I've used leopard
pigment.
Full sources are included in zip file