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  Re: multiple pigment use--a basic inconsistency?  
From: James Holsenback
Date: 28 Jan 2013 08:09:07
Message: <51067873$1@news.povray.org>
On 01/28/2013 12:19 AM, Kenneth wrote:
> It might be prudent to add a few words, a caveat of some kind, to the docs
> somewhere in 3.5.1 "Pigment", about this. To help new users, or at least steer
> them clear from the path I went down, re: wondering why multi bare pigments
> don't work 'as might be expected' based on what it says there. ;-) I imagine
> that most newbies would look there first, to find out about pigments in general.
>
> I wouldn't know what to suggest (as I'm still not sure I understand the
> situation myself.) Perhaps something simple, like, "When layering multiple
> pigments, they must first be wrapped in explicit individual texture{...}
> statements." IMO, that would probably take care of the whole conundrum, from the
> user's standpoint.
>
>
Before bothering to amend that section ... wondering if anyone else 
thinks it's a worthy addition?


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