"Sylvax" <syl### [at] darthsylvaxcom> wrote :
>
> is it possible to create a non-planar heightField (a sphere, a blob... ),
or
> maybe, to deform one?

    Not directly, MegaPov can do it with isosurfaces and there is a utility,
"orbcyl" or something, that can make a mesh from a HF in the shape of a
sphere or a cylinder. POV 3.5 will almost certainly do it.

> is Pov a Global Illumination renderer?
>
> is it possible that an object self produce his own light?

    I don't know the term 'Global Illumination" but if it relates to the
next question, you may be looking for "ambient". It's in the docs.

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