"Edward C." wrote:
> 
> Mark Wagner wrote in message <37bcfbb7@news.povray.org>...
> >
> >Cliff Bowman wrote in message <37bc1259.57581187@news.povray.org>...
> >>On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:15:04 -0700, Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>PoD wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Ken wrote:
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Chris Huff wrote:
> >>>> > >
> >>>> > > >You will not actually see any gradation of a color_map used on a
> >>>> > > sphere however unless it is CSG'd with another object, ie cut in
> >half
> >>>> > > with a plane.<
> >>>> > >
> >>>> > > Yes, and then you will only see it if the plane has the same
> >texture.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > ...or your sphere is transparent.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > --
> >>>> > Ken Tyler
> >>>> >
> >>>> > See my 700+ Povray and 3D Rendering and Raytracing Links at:
> >>>> > http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html
> >>>>
> >>>> ...or the texture on the sphere has turbulence.
> >>>> That's the way I do planets - sphere, onion, turbulence.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers, PoD.
> >>>
> >>>... or the texture is translated to some point from the origin or...
> >>>
> >>the texture is applied *after* the CSG, or...
> >>
> >you give up on POVRay and do the picture using MS Paint or...
> >:-)
> >Mark
> >
> ... you scale the sphere unevenly before you apply the texture or...

...you scale the texture small enough that you get multiple iterations or...

-- 
Ken Tyler

See my 700+ Povray and 3D Rendering and Raytracing Links at:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html

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