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 Post subject: Some nice caustics
PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2011 4:18 am 
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 Post subject: Re: Some nice caustics
PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2011 8:43 am 
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And even nicer dispersion :)

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 Post subject: Re: Some nice caustics
PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2011 8:46 am 
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Purdy :)

How do they work if the glasses are pushed into the ground at all? Just curious if it will affect them like it did in my tests?

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 Post subject: Re: Some nice caustics
PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2011 9:43 am 
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 Post subject: Re: Some nice caustics
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nice caustics! ;)


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 Post subject: Re: Some nice caustics
PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2011 8:09 pm 
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Great image i like the little flares and rainbows this is why i came to maxwell ! Are the bands in the glass or are they the meniscus of water ?


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 Post subject: Re: Some nice caustics
PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2011 11:14 pm 
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Thanks. The bands are modelled as part of the glass. The glasses are actually empty.

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 Post subject: Re: Some nice caustics
PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 12:32 am 
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Bubbaloo wrote:
Thanks. The bands are modelled as part of the glass. The glasses are actually empty.


Do you still get those caustics if they are filled with water?

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 Post subject: Re: Some nice caustics
PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 1:48 am 
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Yes, but as you can see, caustics that need to travel through multiple mediums will of course take much longer. You can see the spotty multicolored pixels starting to converge:

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 Post subject: Re: Some nice caustics
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Also, with the slight penetration of the water mesh with the glass mesh, the result will not be correct. Too many normals. :(

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 Post subject: Re: Some nice caustics
PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 2:14 am 
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It's good to know they are appearing at least. In the tests I was playing with I couldn't see them at all with penetrating geo but I haven't heard any word back on the question from NL.

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 Post subject: Re: Some nice caustics
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Very cool looking Brian!!!!

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 Post subject: Re: Some nice caustics
PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 10:01 pm 
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Thanks, CJ!

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