POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : pattern blend : Re: pattern blend Server Time
3 May 2024 02:52:31 EDT (-0400)
  Re: pattern blend  
From: clipka
Date: 5 Mar 2018 08:46:56
Message: <5a9d4a50$1@news.povray.org>
Am 05.03.2018 um 14:27 schrieb Bald Eagle:
> This is a great tool - one that is obvious in retrospect, but I had never
> thought of.
> 
> It's great that it's possible to save an image with a certain gamma and then use
> it as a height field, but the obvious question that affects the real utility of
> this is:
> 
> Is it possible to READ the existing, non-gamma modified image in using a certain
> gamma value for use in a height field?
> 
> So, for example, use TdG's gamma 1.0 image to generate his gamma 2.2 height
> field?

Well, yes, absolutely: In the height field, just specify "gamma FLOAT"
after the image file name.

I think you need to specify "gamma 1/2.2" for the intended effect.

There may be slight differences due to different rounding, but other
than that it should work just fine.


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