3D ANIMATION STUDIES

Getting Thumbnail Diamond (Caustics)
This is the diamond project with caustics added. Because of the massive internal refraction of a diamond, the accuracy of the lighting calculations had to be cranked way up in order to get accurate caustics that didn't breakdown under animation. - Chad C. Yates 2001

Important Note: These animations use the Divx v4.0 video codec. Download it at www.Divx.com. Right clicking on the thumbnail and selecting play will restart the animation if it doesn't play automatically. By clicking on the thumbnail you can view a medium resolution version of the animations.