Hello,

I have the v3.1 documentation in both TXT and PDF form but it is
cumbersome to use when working on a POV file.  Has any enterprising
soul providing/selling a printed version of the doc's.??

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Orrin wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have the v3.1 documentation in both TXT and PDF form but it is
> cumbersome to use when working on a POV file.  Has any enterprising
> soul providing/selling a printed version of the doc's.??

I have only heard talk.

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I've got a sand texture that I want to make a bit more grainey. Can I
add a bump map to the followingfor this effect?
Any other ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks,
D.
texture {
  pigment
  {   colour rgb<0.792,0.655,0.400>  }
}

texture {   pigment
  { granite
    color_map
    { [0.00 color rgb<0.945, 0.863, 0.396>]
      [0.11 color rgbf<0.953, 0.678, 0.404, 0.086>]
      [0.24 color rgbf<0.886, 0.651, 0.157, 0.329>]
      [0.49 color rgb<0.910, 0.588, 0.220>]
      [0.78 color rgbf<0.933, 0.784, 0.627, 0.196>]
      [1.00 color rgbf<1.000, 1.000, 1.000, 0.996>]
    }  } }

texture {  pigment
  {  granite
    turbulence 0.49
    color_map
    { [0.00 color rgbf<0.549, 0.369, 0.024, 0.388>]
      [0.20 color rgb<0.961, 0.773, 0.341>]
      [0.52 color rgbf<0.655, 0.365, 0.086, 0.098>]
      [0.75 color rgbf<0.918, 0.647, 0.349, 0.369>]
      [1.00 color rgbf<0.439, 0.275, 0.027, 0.729>]
    }
    scale <2.0, 2.0, 2.0>
  }}

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Dennis Miller wrote:

> I've got a sand texture that I want to make a bit more grainey. Can I
> add a bump map to the followingfor this effect?
> Any other ideas would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> D.
> texture {
>   pigment
>   {   colour rgb<0.792,0.655,0.400>  }
> }
>
> texture {   pigment
>   { granite
>     color_map
>     { [0.00 color rgb<0.945, 0.863, 0.396>]
>       [0.11 color rgbf<0.953, 0.678, 0.404, 0.086>]
>       [0.24 color rgbf<0.886, 0.651, 0.157, 0.329>]
>       [0.49 color rgb<0.910, 0.588, 0.220>]
>       [0.78 color rgbf<0.933, 0.784, 0.627, 0.196>]
>       [1.00 color rgbf<1.000, 1.000, 1.000, 0.996>]
>     }  } }
>
> texture {  pigment
>   {  granite
>     turbulence 0.49
>     color_map
>     { [0.00 color rgbf<0.549, 0.369, 0.024, 0.388>]
>       [0.20 color rgb<0.961, 0.773, 0.341>]
>       [0.52 color rgbf<0.655, 0.365, 0.086, 0.098>]
>       [0.75 color rgbf<0.918, 0.647, 0.349, 0.369>]
>       [1.00 color rgbf<0.439, 0.275, 0.027, 0.729>]
>     }
>     scale <2.0, 2.0, 2.0>
>   }}

You could use a bump map but a simple normal would probably be easier.

Something like:

normal{bumps .2 scale .2 }
or
normal{dents .1 scale .5}
or
normal{bumps
 normal_map{
[.5 bumps .2 scale .2]
[ 1 dents   .1 scale .5]
 }
}

Vary the parameters to get the desired response.
Add the above somewhere inside your texture statement and it will scale
along with the texture when applied to your object.
Some times a small amount of crand (crand .001) added to your finish
statement will also help give a grainier look.

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Ken Tyler

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For Version 3.0 I used GNU Ghostscript to print out the manual
two-sided and then went to a print shop to have it bound (cost
8 DM around $ 5 to have it bound).  Makes a great handbook.

I have not yet done this for Version 3.1 but I "assume" that it
will work as well for 3.1 as it did for 3.0.

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> Hello,
> 
> I have the v3.1 documentation in both TXT and PDF form but it is
> cumbersome to use when working on a POV file.  Has any enterprising
> soul providing/selling a printed version of the doc's.??
> 
> -----------------------------
> Orrin - Long Island, New York
> orr### [at] orrinorg
> http://www.orrin.org/carib/    (Caribbean Index)
> http://www.orrin.org/syocc/    (Syosset Camera Club)
> http://www.orrin.org/wphs/     (HS Reunion)
> http://www.orrin.org/          (Site Index)
>

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