   Ray Tracing Forum ?
  Hi guys,Does anyone know of a good active ray tracing forum ? All I ever find are links to those old FAQs in Usenet style.I''m making a 2D arcade game and since I''m not a great artist I can ray trace the game sprites but I''m still an amateur at ray tracing. I did manage to make some awesome spheres and buttons for the user interface, they look a hell of a lot better than what I can do in Adobe Photoshop.Isn''t there a site for algorithimic graphics art ?Thanks. 
  Depends on whether you want information on writing a raytracer, or on using an existing one to produce art. Most available raytracing resources (for making one) are either very introductory or written primarily for scholars and researchers. A lot of the most fascinating work available makes heavy use of multivariable calculus and vector calculus. For the intermediate layer there really isn''t a whole lot out there, but this forum has some good people who can tell you quite a bit about raytracing.If you''re more interested in making art, there''s always POV-Ray, its companion modelling package Moray, and the Internet Raytracing Competition which is an excellent place to learn nifty techniques and stretch your artistic muscles a bit. PiQ Software  -  Tiny KeyCounter  -  Freon 2/7 Raytracing Accelerator