On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:36:22 +0200, Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg>  
wrote:

> I am suddenly not sure. Is it possible to read a colour at a defined  
> point - using trace() - on the surface of an object, by using  
> eval_pigment() at that point? I know how to do it with an image_map as  
> intermediary but can it be done directly?
>
> For instance, if object{A} has a texture{B} and trace() finds a position  
> P=<x,y,z> on the surface of A, would the colour at P then be  
> D=eval_pigment(A,P) ? That obviously does not work as A is not a  
> pigment. However, I would like to do something like that but do not know  
> how.
>
> Thomas
>

It would be wonderful if it worked on uv-mapped meshes as well :)

-- 
-Nekar Xenos-

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