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- From: thinman@netcom.com (Technically Sweet)
- Subject: Re: Need GIFs of wood-grain for mapping onto objects
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- Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 23:08:01 GMT
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- djb@geovision.gvc.com (Darren Burns) writes:
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- >Come to think of it, if you have ANY surface-type GIFs (marble, for
- >example) it'd be great to get those.
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- 1) Get the Graphics Gems II book from a book store
- and the source code from princeton.edu. It includes
- 3D surface generation (i.e. you generate a solid
- piece of wood and carve it away).
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- 2) Collect naughty GIF off of alt.binaries.whatnot.
- A lot of these things are scanned on very nice equipment
- and you can snip out sand, wood, etc. from the backgrounds.
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- 3) Buy wallpaper in the dollhouse section of a toystore.
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- Lance Norskog
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- Data is not information is not knowledge is not wisdom.
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