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From: geogeo
Subject: Image as texture?
Date: 8 Jan 2010 15:05:01
Message: <web.4b478f976d36481972e0f8010@news.povray.org>

Is it possible to somehow use an image (bmp, jpg etc) as a texture for a plane.
I'd like to use  a picture as a backdrop. Been through the user guide & can't
see anything.

thanks
Geo

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From: Jim Holsenback
Subject: Re: Image as texture?
Date: 8 Jan 2010 15:10:55
Message: <4b47914f@news.povray.org>

"geogeo" <geo### [at] mecolcouk> wrote in message 
news:web.4b478f976d36481972e0f8010@news.povray.org...
> Is it possible to somehow use an image (bmp, jpg etc) as a texture for a 
> plane.
> I'd like to use  a picture as a backdrop. Been through the user guide & 
> can't
> see anything.

see if this helps you on your way .....
http://wiki.povray.org/content/Documentation:Reference_Section_5#Image_Maps

Ciao

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From: geogeo
Subject: Re: Image as texture?
Date: 8 Jan 2010 15:40:01
Message: <web.4b4797e2af07ec1772e0f8010@news.povray.org>

"Jim Holsenback" <jho### [at] povrayorg> wrote:
> "geogeo" <geo### [at] mecolcouk> wrote in message
> news:web.4b478f976d36481972e0f8010@news.povray.org...
> > Is it possible to somehow use an image (bmp, jpg etc) as a texture for a
> > plane.
> > I'd like to use  a picture as a backdrop. Been through the user guide &
> > can't
> > see anything.
>
> see if this helps you on your way .....
> http://wiki.povray.org/content/Documentation:Reference_Section_5#Image_Maps
>
> Ciao

Thanks, I'm on my way!
Geo

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From: Kenneth
Subject: Re: Image as texture?
Date: 9 Jan 2010 17:10:01
Message: <web.4b48fdc2af07ec1765f302820@news.povray.org>

If you haven't come across the TURBULENCE keyword yet, try it out; you can
distort the image_map in all sorts of interesting ways:

pigment{
       image_map{jpeg "my_image.jpg} // or .jpeg
       scale 5 // optionally scales the image before the distortion
       warp{turbulence .5 omega .7}
       scale 1/5 // returns the image to its proper size
       }

Ken

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