TITLE: The Icon Wars NAME: Matt Giwer COUNTRY: USA EMAIL: jull43@tampabay.rr.com WEBPAGE: http://www.giwersworld.org/artiv/ & artii/ & artiii/ TOPIC: escape COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. MPGFILE: iconwars.mpg ZIPFILE: iconwars.zip RENDERER USED: povray 3.1g and 3.5 TOOLS USED: gimp, mpeg_encode RENDER TIME: HARDWARE USED: Athlon 1800XP, 256M RAM, linux 2.4.18-3 kernel Celeron 400, 64M, linux 2.4.18-3 kernel PII 333, 128M, linux 2.4.18-3 kernel VIEWING: mplayer and quicktime work, windows media player some versions have trouble, some will not work at all some just do not give the correct playing time. GENERAL INFO: http://www.giwersworld.org/artiv/mpeg.phtml has generic comments on size limited animations. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Escaping from many things and situations using unexpected means. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: How to make an animation with things you can find laying around your computer. Note: Tux wallpaper available at http://www.giwersworld.org/computers/linux/wall.phtml in three sizes. I have dozens of subjects and 60 megs of material. This has remained the most popular for years. All icons are free to use under the GNU Public License. The bug is the same image with different texturing as I used for the Halloween special a few years ago. It was animated at the time and there were a few demo anims on the povray newsgroup. This is the first time I have found an excuse to throw him into an animation. The model is in the zip file. This is another execise in doing standard hollywood type scenes with povray. 8000 extras clashed in the battle scene. I do want credit for the first humorous takeoff on Thunderdome with ThunderClone. One man enter, four thousand men leave. === To the children, a reminder. Etiquette This describes the intentions of the competition and what we hope to gain from it. c. The competition is not about winning. You do not have to be a professional, or even any good! I assure everyone, I am no damn good.