POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Spherical object -> image map : Re: Spherical object -> image map Server Time
1 Aug 2024 10:14:23 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Spherical object -> image map  
From: Bryan Heit
Date: 5 Dec 2005 10:02:08
Message: <43945670$1@news.povray.org>
inio wrote:
> Bryan Heit <bjh### [at] NOSPAMucalgaryca> wrote:
> 
>>Problem is, I don't know how to convert the object into an image_map.
>>Any ideas?
> 
> 
> If you mean that you want to render a spherical image map of the object from
> the outside, you could try setting all the shapes that make up the object
> to no_image, place a hollow mirror 1.0 sphere around the object, and use a
> spherical camera at the center of the object.  This will give you a
> spherical projection of the object as seen from the outside.
> 
> 
> 


Thanx, worked perfectly!

Bryan


Post a reply to this message

Copyright 2003-2023 Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd.