Alain <kua### [at] videotronca> wrote:

> > Thanks, that's very helpful.
> > Does Povray have predefined color functions so that we can use them instead of
> > manually set the color function every time? for example, commonly used color
> > function such as
> > hue, temperature map, jet, etc?
> >
> > Best,
> > xslittlegrass
> >
> >
>
> Some patterns do have default colour palletes, those are: bozo, agate,
> wood, checkers (block pattern yellow and green) and hexagon (block
> pattern red, green and blue). All other patterns return a gray gradient
> going from black to white if you don't provide any colour_map.
> The thing is that, most of the time, using a user defined map gives
> beter results.
>
> If you find yourself using the same colour map again and again in many
> scenes, you can create an .INC file containing the definition of your
> favourite maps. It's then a simple thing of adding:
> #include "My_colour_maps.inc"
> to your file and using one of your user colour_map.
>
> An INC file is the same thing as a POV file, it's only the extention
> that is different.
>
>
> Alain

Thanks a lot! That's very helpful.

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