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  Re: How do I insert a background image?  
From: DCZX
Date: 18 Feb 2003 13:00:11
Message: <web.3e52737ddaba138d7ea02db30@news.povray.org>
thanks!

Christopher James Huff wrote:
>In article <3e4ab6e1[at]news.povray.org>,
> "hughes, b." <omn### [at] charternet> wrote:
>
>> Other than that you could use a plane set far in the background, having that
>> pigment statement but using map_type 0 for planar mapping and scaling
>> appropriately.
>
>Something you forgot to mention: set the diffuse to 0 and ambient to 1.
>That way the "backdrop" will be self-illuminated, and won't have shadows
>cast on it.
>If a sky_sphere background is not what is needed, the standard include
>file screen.inc may help.
>
>Christopher James Huff <cja### [at] earthlinknet>
>http://home.earthlink.net/~cjameshuff/
>POV-Ray TAG: chr### [at] tagpovrayorg
>http://tag.povray.org/
>


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