Here's a render of my namesake. Is there any way to make the bottom of the cape
darker than the top in order to do a partial version of double_illuminate?
Would I be able to use MegaPOV's simcloth for the cape? It's far from
rectangular. How about a very large amount of masses and connections? If not,
would there be any way to put a pattern around the edge of the cape?

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> Here's a render of my namesake. Is there any way to make the bottom of the 
> cape
> darker than the top in order to do a partial version of double_illuminate?
> Would I be able to use MegaPOV's simcloth for the cape? It's far from
> rectangular. How about a very large amount of masses and connections? If 
> not,
> would there be any way to put a pattern around the edge of the cape?
>
I think the simcloth from MegaPOV is a mesh, instead of a bicubic patch
but yeah you should be able to texture it right as long as it's a UV
mapped mesh. There's a stand alone cloth simulator around too.

   pigment {
      uv_mapping
      image_map {tga "cape.tga"}
   }

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I just realized I attached the wrong file. I meant to attach the picture. If you
want to try rendering the image, say so and I'll give you the include file I'm
using. It's a modified version of the one in glasschess.

"Tim Attwood" <tim### [at] comcastnet> wrote:
> > Here's a render of my namesake. Is there any way to make the bottom of the
> > cape
> > darker than the top in order to do a partial version of double_illuminate?
> > Would I be able to use MegaPOV's simcloth for the cape? It's far from
> > rectangular. How about a very large amount of masses and connections? If
> > not,
> > would there be any way to put a pattern around the edge of the cape?
> >
> I think the simcloth from MegaPOV is a mesh, instead of a bicubic patch
> but yeah you should be able to texture it right as long as it's a UV
> mapped mesh. There's a stand alone cloth simulator around too.
>
>    pigment {
>       uv_mapping
>       image_map {tga "cape.tga"}
>    }

I know I'd be able to texture the simcloth. They showed it with a checkered
pattern on it. What I'm worried about is doing that for the bicubic patch.

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> I know I'd be able to texture the simcloth. They showed it with a 
> checkered
> pattern on it. What I'm worried about is doing that for the bicubic patch.

UV mapping works fine with bicubic patches.

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"Tim Attwood" <tim### [at] comcastnet> wrote:
> UV mapping works fine with bicubic patches.

I really need to read the messages more thoroughly. I didn't realize what UV
mapping was. Is there any chance that POV-Ray allows me to use .svg or any
other form of vector graphics? I didn't find .svg in the POV-Ray or MegaPOV
documentations.

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> "Tim Attwood" <tim### [at] comcastnet> wrote:
>> UV mapping works fine with bicubic patches.
>
> I really need to read the messages more thoroughly. I didn't realize what 
> UV
> mapping was. Is there any chance that POV-Ray allows me to use .svg or any
> other form of vector graphics? I didn't find .svg in the POV-Ray or 
> MegaPOV
> documentations.
>
Inkscape can save files as pov files (POV-Ray prism objects)
Then you can use these objects as object_patterns to build textures
see http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.1/386/

Marc

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