POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.binaries.images: Creating internal image_map from function.: Re: Creating internal image

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From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 16 Feb 2023 09:03:20
Message: <63ee37a8$1@news.povray.org>

Op 16-2-2023 om 14:48 schreef William F Pokorny:
> Given the recent discussions on creating height_fields from functions, I 
> thought I'd mention a documented feature of POV-Ray I've not seen 
> discussed on these newsgroup fora - that I recall.
> 
> It's possible to create an internal image_map from a function on the fly 
> in SDL. The syntax is similar to defining a height_field (HF) with a 
> function on the fly. The function (or pattern via a function) runs only 
> during parsing. The rendering phase then references the internal image_map.
> 

Ah! That is nice indeed. I am currently playing with all this stuff 
since my revisiting in December 2022 of the JtaUR (Journey to an Unknown 
Region) and I can most probably integrate it. Thanks! Shall be back later.

-- 
Thomas

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