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Re: Computer Compositing


  • From: T3D Jim Crowell <crowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: Computer Compositing
  • Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 08:12:08 -0800

At 10:05 AM 11/21/96, T3D John Bercovitz wrote:
>Wow!  What an overload of mail on this subject.  I can't keep up!
>Bill asked what a good test subject would be.  I like a wireframe
>cube because humans really know what cubes look like so they can
>sense the distortion of a cube into various other six-sided figures
>which they are also very familiar with.  You have to be a critical
>viewer, though; come to the party with no preconceptions as to what
>the object's shape is.

That last bit's the tricky part.  It's quite possible that a subconscious
assumption that the angles are right angles (people seem to do things like
this with simple line-drawings) could mess up your results.  Use ye an
irregular figure!

-Jim C.


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