//
//    EMAIL: castlewrks@aol.com
//    NAME: Robert J Becraft
//    TOPIC:  Laboratory
//    COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
//    TITLE: "Wizard"
//    COUNTRY: USA
//    WEBPAGE: http://www.angelfire.com/md2/castlewrks 
//             http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/labs/6080
//    RENDERER USED:  Povray 3.1g
//    TOOLS USED: Povray (image creation), I_view32 (TGA>JPG conversion), 
//                FastZip98 (zip), Corel Draw for Labels on containers, TW for heightfields
//    RENDER TIME: 9 hours 3 minutes, 56 meg
//    HARDWARE USED: Pentium 400
//    IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
//
//  The following code generates a variety of objects that are incorporated in the picture submitted to the IRTC round
//  known as the "Laboratory".
//
//  An inventory of the objects:
//     An entire Tarot deck flying around the center of the room (78 cards)
//     Two mostly black cauldrons
//     A shelf with jars and similar containers (15 different jars)
//     A shelf with scrolls stacked on it
//     A magic mirror with an active "destination" on it and some magical interferance (cracks)
//     A brass telescope
//     Several crates of brassy/gold junk (Macros generated the contents of the crates)
//     Stacks of books (Macros generate the books and the applied titles, see code below for complete list of titles)
//     A bird-cage and Parrot
//     A fancy legged kitchen type table
//     A leathery-pad-locked chest
//     A radioactive object carrying case (Hmmm... and just what was this wizard doing with that kind of stuff)
//     Ink bottles
//     Feather writing quills
//     A crystal ball
//     Candles (two types), closer candles are macro driven and can generate different wax drip patterns, closer candles do not use media
//     Large jug of "LOVE POTION #9 Concentrate"
//     small vial of "#9" with delivery tag to "9th and Vine"
//     Jar of Lizard Tails, Red
//     Jar with several wands arranged
//     Jar of Eye-O-Newt
//     Jar of Cheshire Cat Teeth
//     Jar of Ambrosia Extract
//     Aluminum can of artist's favorite beverage
//     Chinese food cartons
//     3 shelf types
//     Wizard's desk modeled after the middle age scribe's type desk with adornments
//     A wizard's floppy hat with a star pinned on with a straight pin
//     An active wizard's spell with pentagram and appropriate magical looking effects
//     Stairwell and banister
//     Artzy windows
//     
//    There are a whole pile of image-maps used to generate this picture...
//    (These can be turned off by commenting out the variable "ImageMapOn")
//    ..\graphics\redparrot.gif
//    ..\graphics\brick065.gif (from http://www.grsites.com/textures/)
//    ..\graphics\pepsi.gif (scanned a pepsi can)
//    ..\graphics\warning.gif
//    ..\graphics\love9.gif (corel)
//    ..\graphics\newt.gif (corel)
//    ..\graphics\lizardt.gif (corel)
//    ..\graphics\ches.gif (corel)
//    ..\graphics\ambro.gif (corel)
//    ..\graphics\love9dlt.gif (corel)
//    ..\graphics\hills1.ghf (Terrain Maker)
//
//    All these graphics are available in a zip file at:
//     http://www.angelfire.com/md2/castlewrks/Wizard/WizardG.zip
//    
//    in addition, I have a directory that contains images for all 78 tarot cards...
//    These can be found all over the net in whatever design suits your designs.    
//    
//
//    DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
//
//    See: http://www.angelfire.com/md2/castlewrks for some of the story.
//