omniVERSE wrote:

> Seeing as you have Win98, (english version, if that matters) you might also have
> a viewer program called  kodakimg.  Start/Run... kodakimg   and open the jpg
> then File/Save as... Bmp for use in POV-Ray as a 'sys' file.  I haven't done
> anything with the sys type for a long time so maybe it's working well now
> (sounds ominous, huh).
>
> Bob
>
> "Ross Taylor" <rta### [at] kearnet> wrote in message
> news:3878BC1B.3A912449@kear.net...
> >     I have a wonderful picture of bark that I'd like to use as a texture
> > in a scene... yet I couldn't find any way to do this.  Is there any way
> > to make a JPEG a texture in POV-Ray (or any other picture format for
> > that matter)?  If not, is there any other way that I could make a
> > semi-convincing bark texture?
> >
> >
> >
> > -Thanks in advance!
> >

nah...
Just install Gimp and use that to convert stuff to PNG files. At least you get
compression as good or better than a .ZIPped BMP, plus it's cross-platform.

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But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.

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