EMAIL: gautam@interlog.com NAME: Gautam N. Lad TOPIC: Science Fiction COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. RENDERER USED: POV-Ray v3.0.msdos.wat-cwa TOOLS USED: Mid Night Modeller v2.10 (MNM v2.10), POV-Ray v3.0.msdos.wat-cwa, LView v3.1 (.TGA to .JPG Conversion, Copyright text), and OS/2 Warp for rendering (Truly the best operating system when it comes to MULTI-TASKING). :) RENDER TIME: 1 hours 2 minutes 18.0 seconds (3738 seconds) HARDWARE USED: 486 DX2 50MHz with 8MB of RAM (Computer) IMAGE DESCRIPTION: ****************** The story behind the title: Six space fighter ships 'Escape' the explosion of it's enemy's space station. More than six tried to get rid of their enemy, unfortunately, only six 'Escape' death. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: ****************************************** I created the ship, as ideas flooded my head. I wanted an explosion, something brilliant, than anything I've done before. I spent hours, getting the colour, shape, size, and location of the explosion. After that was done, I had to created a 'cheat' light source for the explosion. I once again spent a long time, getting the colour of the lights correct. After everything was done, I changed the ships' texture from plain gray, to a brick-like pattern. Unfortunately, the gray doesn't show up because of the glow from the 'cheat' explosion light, however, the texture look wild, with the yellow-orange glow! The ship's explosion was added to add excitment to the image. I did many test renders (640x480 +a +j no esplosion = 15 min.) to make sure everything was perfect. My final rendering was done late 'cause I got carried away into programming, and didn't work on the image for days (weeks?). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Escape -- Copyright (C) 1996, Gautam N. Lad. All Rights Reserved. NOTE: If YOU wish to use this image/file for ANY purpose, you MUST first contact me at my e-mail address to get my premission. Visit my website to find software/graphics/links, etc. at: http://www.interlog.com/~gautam -----------------------------------------------------------------------------