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		<sup>3:25<abbr>pm</abbr> • 2004</sup>
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	<figcaption>Tron Cubes</figcaption>
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	I’m new, like very new, to 3DSMax5 - and that program is <em>big</em>.
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	This is an experiment in using the ray-tracer. I have created some simple cubes and applied a tweaked set of
	ray-tracer properties to create luminous shadows and reflections. What’s shown here is only two sides of a wall of
	cubes, I’m working on building a total enclosure to pan the camera around.
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	The ray tracer has been restricted to speed up rendering time so the reflections shown here are not very deep. I’m
	just rendering a full version now.
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	This image took 3 hours on a Sony VAIO GRT815e—2.8 <abbr title="gigahertz">GHz</abbr>
	<abbr title="Pentium 4">P4</abbr>, 512 <abbr title="meg">MB</abbr> RAM.
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