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Summary

A coffee mug morphing into a torus, a popular example in topology.

Rendered using POV-Ray.

Updated January 12, 2007

  1. New colors: blue hue, brighter, softer shadows
  2. Changed light angle
  3. Non-linear interpolation: looks smoother and less boring
  4. Faster frame rate
  5. Cropped to relevant area
  6. Overall, smaller size for a better-looking image.

Updated January 20, 2007

  1. Removed dithering. Image now has visible colour bands, but at least thumbnails won't look excessively grainy.

Updated March 1, 2007

  1. More saturation of colors

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