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From: Alain
Date: 4 Nov 2008 22:05:46
Message: <49110d8a@news.povray.org>

quickfur nous illumina en ce 2008-11-03 16:23 -->
> I have a scene with some objects, and a thin box representing a screen.
> How do I texture the box with a rendered image of the scene as seen from
> the box? I looked at the trace() function, but it only returns the point
> of intersection, not the color of the intersection.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> 
Do it in two passes.
First pass: rebove the screen and place the camera in it's location.
Second pass: Replace the box and apply the image from the first pass to it. Move 
the camera back to where it belong.

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Alain
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