TITLE: Water of Life NAME: Siddharta Govindaraj COUNTRY: India EMAIL: anush@giasmd01.vsnl.net.in WEBPAGE: none TOPIC: Glass COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. JPGFILE: sgglass.jpg ZIPFILE: sgglass.zip RENDERER USED: Povray 3.0 TOOLS USED: Moray , GForge RENDER TIME: 16 min 2 sec at 800x600 HARDWARE USED: Pentium 100 , Matrox Millenium Video Card , 16MB RAM IMAGE DESCRIPTION: This is a teaset made of crystal and glass acompanied by two crystal cups . In the background the ocean enters into land through the small gap in the mountains , forming a pool over which the set is. The image is concentrated on shades of blue and hence the title. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: This is a simple image involving simple CSG ,mainly difference . The mountains were made in GForge. Since the image was simple as such , I concentrated on the textures , especially the glass/crystal texture . It is a marble base done with a colour. The mountains were added to give a majestic look to the image. map plus a ripples finish.