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From: Christopher James Huff
Date: 12 Feb 2003 16:31:46
Message: <cjameshuff-F0A4A7.16313512022003@netplex.aussie.org>

In article <3e4ab6e1@news.povray.org>,
 "hughes, b." <omn### [at] charternet> wrote:

> Other than that you could use a plane set far in the background, having that
> pigment statement but using map_type 0 for planar mapping and scaling
> appropriately.

Something you forgot to mention: set the diffuse to 0 and ambient to 1. 
That way the "backdrop" will be self-illuminated, and won't have shadows 
cast on it.
If a sky_sphere background is not what is needed, the standard include 
file screen.inc may help.

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