TITLE: Chemistry 101
NAME: Mitch Klein
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: mjklein00@msn.com
WEBPAGE: N/A

TOPIC: The Laboratory
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: mjklab.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Lightwave 6.0B


TOOLS USED: 
    Rhino 3D 2.0 Beta, Photoshop 5


RENDER TIME: 
    1h 3min

HARDWARE USED: 
    PIII 500 Mhz, 128 Ram, Win98SE


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 


This is my first entry in the IRTC. When I saw the topic, the first thing that
popped into my 
head was high school chemistry class, bunsen burners, beakers, etc. I searched
the net for sample images to get ideas and you wouldn't believe how many
different kinds of bunsen burners there are :)


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 


All of the objects were modelled from scratch either in Rhino or Lightwave's
Modeller. The scene has 3 light sources, an overhead spotlight (as an actual
light) and two point lights (that don't cast shadows to soften the scene). As I
went along, I converted more and more of the textures to maps created in
Photoshop rather than Procedurals to cut down on render time. The render
settings were medium antialiasing and dithered motion blur (for the flame).
Photoshop was also used for the file conversion and signature.