CHAPTER 5: Textures (^135)
Procedural textures are very powerful because they can produce an infinite variety of
scalable patterns that can be enlarged to reveal increasingly more detail, as shown in
Figure 5-2. Otherwise, this would require a massive static image.
Figure 5-2. Close-up on the goblet from Figure 5-1 (right). Notice the fine detailing that would need a very large
image to accomplish.
The 3D rendering application Strata Design 3D-SE, which was used for the images in
Figure 5-2, supports both procedural and image-based textures. Figure 5-3 shows the
dialog used to specify the parameters of the gold ore texture depicted in Figure 5-2.
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