TITLE: The Magnetism NAME: Marko Lokas COUNTRY: Croatia EMAIL: t-rex@sprint.pub.hr WEBPAGE: http://kvirin.coma.fsb.hr/~rutvica/alpha TOPIC: Physics & Math COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. JPGFILE: ml-phys.jpg RENDERER USED: Lightwave 5.0 TOOLS USED: Lightwave Modeler 5.0, Adobe Photoshop 4.0 (textures) RENDER TIME: 3h 17min HARDWARE USED: Intel P5/90 (overclocked on 100MHz), 32MB RAM, 1.7GB HDD, Trio64V+ 2MB DRAM IMAGE DESCRIPTION: This image represents a magnet that stands on a bumpy metal surface. Lots of paperclips around it... DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: First - the idea. As we all know, best ideas come accidently. :) So did this one...bumped into my mind. :) I've modelled the magnet and the paperclips using 'rail extrude' tool in LW Modeler. So, that's all about modeling...all the magic was consisted in tweaking surfaces. BTW I'm very happy about the succesfull metal-floor surface (done with 2-3 multilayered procedural textures, plus a 'Weave shader'). Pay attention to a paperclip that 'flies' towards the magnet, attracted by its magnetic force...it has a motion blur applied (it's caught in motion) so you can't see it very clearly.