TITLE: "Imitation is the most sincere..."
NAME: Greg M. Johnson
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: gregj56590@aol.com
WEBPAGE: http://members.xoom.com/gregjohn/
TOPIC: Still Images
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: flatter.jpg
ZIPFILE: flatter.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    Corel Dream3D 7

TOOLS USED: 
    Corel PhotoPaint 7 to create gel maps for caustics, to add
copyright.

RENDER TIME: 
    Four minutes, 53 seconds!

HARDWARE USED: 
    Aptiva w/ Pentium 200

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

I created the dolphins in Corel Dream3D using the FreeForm tool.  I studied
dolphin shapes and sizes from several photographs to decide what height and
width each of my cross sections should be.  I used the paint tool in Dream3D to
make the creatures darker on the top than on the bottom.
I then let this project sit for about two years.  About to move into a new
house, and having just poured manmonths of effort into the IRTC Animation
contest, I wanted a quick entry in tune with the spirit of "Water." So I took
one of my dolphins and turned it into a submarine!
The water is a bit boring, being all one color. Ideally, it should be darker at
the lower depths. But when one uses the fog settings in CorelDream 3D, that's
what you are stuck with.  I was considering writing my own rendering program to
call Dream3D several times, and average the bitmaps together. But I thought
that this would be a violation of the spirit of the rules of the IRTC.;-)
In any case, this is sort of my farewell to Dream3D.  I am quite tired of making
tens of thousands of mouseclicks to make an image. My index finger ached last
night.