EMAIL: rexm@xmission.com
NAME: Rex McDonald
TOPIC: Summer
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
RENDERER USED: PovRay 3.0 Beta 14a (Win95)
TOOLS USED: Moray, GForge, LParser, Windows Paintbrush, Graphics Workshop
RENDER TIME: 55 Minutes (P90)
HARDWARE USED: Intel 486-66, P90

IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
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    At first, I thought about doing a scene showing the back end of a
Thunderbird driving through the desert (fins, chrome and all), but I saw
a balloon festival and decided that's as good a symbol of summer as anything.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
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    I modelled the balloon image (used repeatedly) with Moray, using Bezier
patch editting within the editor.  Each balloon consists of eight patches
(top), and one for the basket, along with other common geometric shapes.

    I used PC Paintbrush and Graphics Workshop to produce the image maps
for the Davinci Balloon and the "Red Cola" logo.  The other balloon patches
have solid color textures.

    I used LParser, and an example, (Plant01), which I modified to produce
a single plant object that I used three times in the foreground.

    Finally, I modelled the landscape with GForge, and used a mixed gradient/
granite texture to get an earthy texture tone, and applied ground fog.
also mixed textures to get the layered clouds and gradient horizon.  Best of
all, it only took 55 minutes to render (beats using atmosphere when you don't
need it)