EMAIL: undead1@infi.net
NAME: Andrew W Cherry
TOPIC: Games
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
COUNTRY: USA
RENDERER USED: POV v3.02
TOOLS USED: 3DWin - a little 3D to 3D Format Converter Version 2.0
            by Thomas Baier
            Januar 1997
            Compuserve: 100527,3011
            Internet  : thbaier@ibm.net
            WWW: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/thbaier
            Copyright by Thomas Baier

	    Breeze Designer - Modeling & Animation
	    Written by Neville Richards
	    (c) 1992-1996 Neville Richards
	    All Rights Reserved
	    Version 2.0 Release 5
		
	    Paint Shop Pro v5.00
	    (c) 1991-1998 Jasc Software, Inc.  All Rights Reserve.
	    Portions (c) 1991-1996 Access Softtek.
	    Licensed under U.S. Patent No. 4,558,302 and foreign counterparts.

	    Texture Magic v0.95
	    (c) 1996 Scott H. Pultz

	    Poser2

HARDWARE USED: 
  Processors		1
  Processor Type	586
  MMX Support		Yes
  Total Physical Memory	64MB
 Graphics Card Information:
  Bits Per Pixel	32
  Number of Colors	16777216
  Palette Size		Non-Paletted
  Resolution		1024 x 768
 Operating System Information:
  Operating System	Windows 95/98
  Version		4.0
  Additional Info	B

CREATION TIME: 24 Hours to render the main part, weeks of coding.

ANIMATION DESCRIPTION: 

	It's a guy breaking the balls in an eight-ball game.  He hits the cue ball a little hard, though.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS ANIMATION WAS CREATED:

	I was in a pool hall one night, thinking (as usual) about raytracing.  I then realized that, not only was it my shot, but that I could do a billiards game as part of the IRTC.  Well then I figured that plenty of people would be doing pool shots, so I wanted to come up with something a little different.  I then recalled a painting (I wish I could remember the artist's name) entitled "Fast Break" which was simply a cue ball with a cuestick that had been run through it.  It was a pretty neat little picture, and I got the idea that I wanted to raytrace it.  I made an animation in Poser2 to see how the player would work out, and I liked the result, so I exported it to 3DS.  I converted the 3DS into an INC file and textured it.  I then started working on the balls, and finally decided to make them with image-maps.  The file that I used to make them is very pretty simple and is also pretty repetitive.  The next thing to get done was the table.  I got the texture that I wanted and then made up the table.  The origin <0,0,0> is the center of the table, right on top of the felt, and the scale for the scene is <1,0,0>=1 inch.  I then started working on the room itself, modelling it to look slighty like my favorite pool hall.  I had a lot of ideas that I just ran out of time for -- in fact, this was supposed to be a test render, but oh well - it's better to submit a test animation than no animation!