TITLE: Pteranodon Races
NAME: Greg M. Johnson
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: gregj56590@aol.com
WEBPAGE: http://members.xoom.com/gregjohn (not updated in a while, spending toomuch time on this.)

TOPIC: Animations
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
MPGFILE: pterrace.mpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Superpatch POV for 3.1a

TOOLS USED: 
    sPatch to model pteranodons; John VanSickle's reorient macro; a sky
pattern inspired by Ken; algorithms inspired by Craig Reynolds;
CorelPhotoPaint7 to make poster, MainActor to make movie.

CREATION TIME: 
    About 8 hours

HARDWARE USED: 
    450 MHz Pentium II Aptiva

ANIMATION DESCRIPTION: 

Pretty simple thematically. Hope you enjoy it. 

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DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS ANIMATION WAS CREATED: 

I further improved upon my flocking algorithm. I modified it to give less pitch,
which may be more realistic for flying vertebrates.  I made the sPatch model in
pieces so that the wing can bend as it flaps.