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  1. Article: 6669 of comp.graphics.packages.lightwave
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  4. From: krishna@primenet.com (Glenn Saunders)
  5. Newsgroups: comp.graphics.packages.lightwave
  6. Subject: Re: Cloaking effect?
  7. Date: 30 May 1995 10:45:11 GMT
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  16. What I would do is create a displacement mapped polygon mesh with the
  17. ripples, and pass that in front of the cloaking ship as it dissolves. 
  18. This will act as a filter using refraction but with 100% transparency so
  19. the mesh will be otherwise invisible. 
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