"Bob H" <omniverse@charter%net> wrote:
> "dragon9654" <dra### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message
> news:web.4438363b4d2ff27191f9b85f0@news.povray.org...
> > ok, I'm a definat noob, and I can not figure out how to do texture maps.
> > looked at the tutorial, but that just confused me, is there any sites out
> > there or ayone who can give an easy to understand answer
>
> texture_map is a way to specify whole textures as parts of another pattern.
> Hopefully the following example is self explanatory, if not don't give up
> yet. If you figure out how color_map in pigments work, well, it's the same
> kind of thing.
>
> #declare Texture1=
> texture {
>  pigment {
>   bozo
>   color_map {
>    [0 red 1]
>    [1 green 1]
>   }
>  }
>  normal {
>   wrinkles 0.5
>  }
>  finish {
>   specular 0.5
>   roughness 0.005
>  }
>  scale 0.25
> }
>
> #declare Texture2=
> texture {
>  pigment{
>   granite
>   color_map {
>    [0 blue 1]
>    [1 green 1]
>   }
>  }
>  normal {
>   bumps 0.5
>  }
>  finish {
>   specular 0.5
>   roughness 0.005
>  }
>  scale 0.5
> }
>
> // new texture using those in texture map
> #declare TextureMap=
> texture {
>     marble // turbulence 0.5
>     texture_map {
>         [0 Texture1]
>         [1 Texture2]
>     }
> }
>
> sphere {0,1 texture {TextureMap}}
>
> camera {location -3*z}
> light_source {<10,10,-10>,1}

Thanks a lot, I'll play around with that, it's starting to make
more sense now, thanks

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