New Things to Try

3D High Detail Title Pages

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• Position the camera and interest. Change the image size so that the dimensions are in powers of 2 and render the scene. Convert the picture using soft2sgi and call the image RightImage.sgi.
• Select the camera and interest and move them in the -X direction (camera coordinates). The further the move the further the distance between objects. Render the scene, convert, and call the image LeftImage.sgi.
• When CAVEEye is CAVE_LEFT_EYE, use the LeftImage. When the CAVEEye is CAVE_RIGHT_EYE, use the RightImage.

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Reflection Map Creation/Usage (development phase)

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• Create a shader database if you don't already have one.
• Copy environ.len from ~blin/soft_base/CAMERA_SHADERS to your shader database.
• Create a directory called "src" in your shader database.
• Copy environ.* from ~blin/soft_base/src to your "src" directory.
• In softimage, position the camera in the center of the object you want to generate the environment map for.
• Go to Camera->Settings and add the "environ" lens shader.
• Select the object and use Model->Info->Selection->RenderSetup to turn off primary ray tracing.
• Go to the Render menu and select the Mental Ray render platform.
• Render the scene.
• Code usage example.

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Texture Map Creation/Usage

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• Copy ortholens.len to your CAMERA_SHADERS directory.
• Copy ortholens.c to your "src" directory.
• Select the ortholens in the CAMERA->Settings Menu.
• Position the camera to get the view wanted. Placing the camera in the +X area makes the camera create view in the -X direction.
• Change the options for the lens to cover the view wanted.
• Render the scene.
• Position the results on the model in the cave using TexGen

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