This is the statement I am trying to use;

#declare COLOR_7 = texture
      {
         pigment
         {
            image_map
            {
               sys   "f:\vgap\scout\alum_808.bmp"
            }
         }
         finish
         {
            ambient 0.1
            brilliance 3.0
            phong 1.0
            phong_size 10.0
            metallic 1.0
         }
      }
      rotate -90.0 * x
   }

  I'm getting an error "Object or direction expected; but, 'rotate'
found in stead"

  I think I'm missing a " { ", but, I'm not sure where it goes.

  Also is there a way to tell the 3.1 windows version to output to
something other then bmp?  jpg would be prefered.

Chris

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Remove the brace just before the rotate.  You have too many actually.

No Jpeg output possible, sorry; considered lossy, ergo, no good.  You can
use the INI button then put +FN in the command-line to get a PNG file, +FT
to get a Targa.
Or edit your povray.ini file (use Tools menu, Edit Master INI) then add a
line saying:

Output_File_Type=N

N, T are the popular ones.  Have a look at the Scene help and look up that
Output_File_Type for others.

Bob H.

"Chris Olin" <cho### [at] ixnetcomcom> wrote in message
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>
>   Also is there a way to tell the 3.1 windows version to output to
> something other then bmp?  jpg would be prefered.

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I guess I need some find something that can convert bmp to jpg or gif.  If I
ever get this to work right i will be posting someof the results on my web
server (this is a project with an agenda).

  Something i forgot to ask; where/how would I insert a scale, and offset
seting, I'll proably need to asjust those to get the results I need.

Thanks
Chris


> Remove the brace just before the rotate.  You have too many actually.
>
> No Jpeg output possible, sorry; considered lossy, ergo, no good.  You can
> use the INI button then put +FN in the command-line to get a PNG file, +FT
> to get a Targa.
> Or edit your povray.ini file (use Tools menu, Edit Master INI) then add a
> line saying:
>
> Output_File_Type=N
>
> N, T are the popular ones.  Have a look at the Scene help and look up that
> Output_File_Type for others.
>
> Bob H.
>
> "Chris Olin" <cho### [at] ixnetcomcom> wrote in message
> news:3B3### [at] ixnetcomcom...
> >
> >   Also is there a way to tell the 3.1 windows version to output to
> > something other then bmp?  jpg would be prefered.

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"Chris Olin" <cho### [at] ixnetcomcom> wrote in message
news:3B33E86B.71BBBC8E@ix.netcom.com...
>
>   I guess I need some find something that can convert bmp to jpg or gif.
If I
> ever get this to work right i will be posting someof the results on my web
> server (this is a project with an agenda).
>
>   Something i forgot to ask; where/how would I insert a scale, and offset
> seting, I'll proably need to asjust those to get the results I need.
>

See below:

#declare COLOR_7 = texture
      {
         pigment
         {
            image_map
            {
               sys   "f:\vgap\scout\alum_808.bmp"
            }
         }
         finish
         {
            ambient 0.1
            brilliance 3.0
            phong 1.0
            phong_size 10.0
            metallic 1.0
         }
      rotate -90.0 * x
    translate <-0.5,0,-0.5> // This will centre the bitmap on the origin (it
defaults to <0,0,0>,<1,1,0>)
    scale 10 // or scale <10,0,34> etc
   }

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>   I guess I need some find something that can convert bmp to jpg or 
gif.  If I
> ever get this to work right i will be posting someof the results on my 
web
> server (this is a project with an agenda).

I guess there are many others, but XnView does a good job at converting 
formats
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.g/index.html

Steve

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sacrofts wrote:
> 
> >   I guess I need some find something that can convert bmp to jpg or gif.  If I
> > ever get this to work right i will be posting someof the results on my web
> > server (this is a project with an agenda).
> 
> I guess there are many others, but XnView does a good job at converting formats
> http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.g/index.html
> 
> Steve

Never heard of that image viewer I am downloading it now.  I always use
The Gimp www.gimp.org for my file conversions.  I really like how it
helps you tune the jpg quality settings rather than guess, and check. 
Plus it does more than I ever wanted to do when it comes to image
editing.  
-- 
Dan Johnson 

http://www.geocities.com/zapob

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