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  Re: The philosophy of union and non-overriding of pigments  
From: Rune
Date: 6 Feb 2001 17:59:49
Message: <3a8081e5@news.povray.org>
"Greg M. Johnson" wrote:
> Tom Melly wrote:
>
> > IMHO it would be better if the red pigment was applied to
> > anything without a pigment statement, and the granite normal
> > to anything without a normal statement.
>
> Is this a flaw in design (not really a bug)?

Neither, really. It is caused by the fact that specifying a pigment, normal
or finish without the texture {} brackets around is only a shorthand. A
whole texture is always generated, where default pigment, normal and finish
are used when none are specified.

Rune
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