TITLE: Warp Transport Station

NAME: Paul Vaughan
COUNTRY: USA

EMAIL: bcooper761@aol.com
TOPIC: Toys
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
MPGFILE: warp.mpg
ZIPFILE: warp.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    Povray 3.02 for DOS in Win3.1 DOS window


TOOLS USED: 
    cmpeg to compile animation
            fractint to create gifs for height_fields


CREATION TIME: 
    7 weeks


HARDWARE USED: 
    386dx 33Mz (8 megs) for raytracing
               286 slow Mz for fractint and cmpeg


ANIMATION DESCRIPTION: 
    This is my first submission and almost first animation.
As for  the
   subject, I'm sure 'Warp' will be deemed 'off topic', but it's what I came up
with after
   considering the toys I played with (u-control model airplanes, chemistry lab,
etc.) and
   the toys my sons played with (multi-stage solid fueled rockets, radio
controlled drag
   racers, etc.). 
   Definition: Toy 2) Any diminutive object imitating a larger one and
   fitted for entertainment and instruction. 
   So, here is my idea of my great-great grand-children s' toy model of
   a working Warp Transport Station (WARTS).


VIEWING RECOMMENDATIONS: 
    I really don't have any. My machine is so slow I see
each frame
       individually step by :) ... I watch it as a flc.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS ANIMATION WAS CREATED: 

   Warp Station: Height_field from fractint fractal, each frame slightly zoomed
in. The
                 par file in zip file contains all the fractal shots.
   Mandel Exhaust Backlash: Another fractint height_field with increasing
z-scale.
   Space 1999 Eagle Shuttle: 3ds object designed and graciously supplied by John
Pfeiffer
   Camera angle and craft position were pre-calculated and formulated for batch
file
       running but were run a frame at a time so I could use my computer for
other
       mundane things.