TITLE: "The Spell Is Cast"
NAME: Bob Ratta
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: ratta@ratta.com
WEBPAGE: http://www.ratta.com/
TOPIC: Magic
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: spell.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    KPT Bryce 2

TOOLS USED: 
    Photoshop, Fractal Design Poser, Fractal Design Studio, KPT Bryce

RENDER TIME: 
    Approx. 5 hours

HARDWARE USED: 
    Power Computing Power Tower Pro 225; 192 MB RAM

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 
    The Angel casts her spell, and escapes into the swirling
energy vortex the spell creates.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 
    Custom built the angel's wings in
FDStudio exported to DXF for import into Poser; custom figure anatomy built in
Poser, added wings, posed figure then exported assembly to a DXF file. Imported
Angel into Bryce. Created the "Swirling energy" spiral grayscale map using a
twirl filter on a graduated rectangle in Photoshop; applied blur filters to
soften edges and  exported it as a PICT file for use in Bryce to create the
"terrain" of the swirl. Applied custom skin, "wings" and chrome textures to the
figure in Bryce. Applied custom water filter to the "Swirling energy" spiral.
Applied custom "light ray" to cylinder primative for light beam. Used built in
Bryce "Cityscape" texture for background. Applied custon "evening"
environmental lighting.

JPG file created using Boxtop Software "Pro JPG" in Photoshop.