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From: brown@picasso.cs.unc.edu (Randy Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Making things look dirty and worn
Keywords: bowling renderman pixar
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Date: 20 Jan 91 18:00:36 GMT
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In article <7926@castle.ed.ac.uk> aipdc@castle.ed.ac.uk (Paul Crowley) writes:
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>Has anyone done any work on making things look dirty and worn? 
>Everything in the computer-graphic world is shiny and new.
 
There is a bowling alley shot that I believe Tom Porter did for Pixar for
a poster advertising RenderMan.  The bowling pins looked pretty marked up.
It's true, though, that even computer-generated imperfections usually look
too perfect.

>\/ o\ Paul Crowley aipdc@uk.ac.ed.castle
>/\__/ Trust me, I know what I'm doing.

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