Re: wet appearance in surgery

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Hal Bertram (hal++at++kermit)
Mon, 11 Nov 1996 02:13:48 -0800

> Hello,
>
> I'm working on a surgery operation in VR project. We have modelised organs
but
> they seem too "dry". Can I try to give a wet appearance (something like
> brightness) with special a light effect or other ?
> Any ideas for a poor student behind a expansive SG ?
>
> Yann Andenmatten

Try rendering the geometry textured first and then with a (e.g.) 20% blend,
re-render it with a spherical reflection map. This should give the look that
you are after. You could either use the standard cafe image or create a more
realistic one of an operating theatre.

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Hal Bertram
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