Tom's POVRay Fake Wood Texture
The picture above was made with this
demo POV file.
About this Texture
My desk has a fake wood surface on it. Examining it, I noticed that the
wood texture is made up of lots of very small streaks, sort of like a
natural-looking (but fake) hatching pattern. This is an attempt to
emulate that look, by using a wood texture, but using streaks to fill in
the darker texture. Another pattern of streaks is overlayed on top, so that
the streaks are continued (but with less density) throughout the pattern.
Specs
origin, orientation, extents
Problems and Future Work
I'm still having problems using the wood texture in different orientations.
It seems that the full texture doesn't rotate or translate properly from
transformations done when specifying the object.
If I'm going to use the repeat warp on the wood texture to make it really
look like fake wood (printed from the same pattern again and again), then
I need to do the same for the streaks. Although some fake patterns in the
real world are created by layering different patterns with different
repeat frequencies, to make it appear non-repeating.
Copyright
This web page, the associated image(s), and POV files are all copyright
2004 by Thomas A. Fine (that's me!). I hereby grant free distribution
rights, including for-profit uses, in full or in part, provided only
that copyright notices are preserved and due credit is given.
WARNING: This POV object is based on a real object. I'm not aware of
any legal issues related to the design of that real object. It is the
user's responsibility to cover your ass.
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