Hi.
I'm new in POV and I have a question:
How to import an image such as 
http://czareq.fasthost.pl/pliki/earth-living.jpg and make it texture for 
sphere ?

Could give me an example with this image and sphere ?


Best regards
Czareq

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In povray.newusers Czareq <czareq [at] czareqpl> wrote:
> I'm new in POV and I have a question:
> How to import an image such as 
> http://czareq.fasthost.pl/pliki/earth-living.jpg and make it texture for 
> sphere ?

http://povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.1/337/
http://povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.1/408/

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                                                          - Warp

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In article <473876a6@news.povray.org>, Warp <warp [at] tagpovrayorg> 
wrote:

> In povray.newusers Czareq <czareq [at] czareqpl> wrote:
> > I'm new in POV and I have a question:
> > How to import an image such as 
> > http://czareq.fasthost.pl/pliki/earth-living.jpg and make it texture for 
> > sphere ?
> 
> http://povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.1/337/
> http://povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.1/408/


and for new users there is : povray.newusers


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klp

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Here is an example.

sphere {
  0.0, 1
  texture {
    pigment {
       image_map {
          jpeg "earth.jpg"
          once
          map_type 1
       }
    }
  }
}

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You better throw in a little interpolation in that recipe:

 sphere {
   0.0, 1
   texture {
     pigment {
        image_map {
           jpeg "earth.jpg"
           once
           map_type 1
           interpolate 4
        }
     }
   }
 }

Note that the info in the docs regarding interpolation was probably written on a
bad day. Type 4 is what people should use in general since it delivers smoother
results (which is a good thing).

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