EMAIL: irtc_mail@yahoo.co.uk NAME: Richard Webster TOPIC: Frozen Moment COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. TITLE: Frozen Moment COUNTRY: England WEBPAGE: None RENDERER USED: povray 3.5 TOOLS USED: PaintShop Pro for image maps and jpeg conversion RENDER TIME: 5.5 hours HARDWARE USED: AMD Duron 1.1GHz 128MB IMAGE DESCRIPTION: F!#!#@!!! DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: The main elements are: - Scene The visible lights in the car park are not light sources. The exterior lighting is from a large 4x4 area light placed below ground level, with the ground set to be non shadow casting. This is mad but it gave the right look. The night sky uses the povray starfield, lots of fog and a transparent cloud pattern. - Buildings The buildings are made from repeating units positioned using loops. The units are made from boxes and polygons. - Car park The car park lights are cylinder & sphere models. The surface and the car are image maps. - Keyboard A round-edged box with a heightfield for the keys - Glass The glass shards are created to a random shape as small closed meshes, then placed along various paths with their size and rotation controlled by their position along their path. - Interior The monitor is two round-edged boxes with an image map for the screen. The full source is in the zip file.