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File type not supported. That is the message.
<p>Ken wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Scott Stewart wrote:
<br>>
<br>> Wow! What a treasure trove of POV-ray people! I have spent
the last
<br>> hour going over hundreds of messages. I still haven't found
an answer
<br>> to what you may call a very simple problem.
<p>Welcome aboard.
<p>> I want to create reefs for an underwater scene. It seemed logical
to
<br>> use a height_field so I created a bitmap image to use as my height_field
<br>> but POV-ray will not recognize the file type. I can't find
a bitmap to
<br>> targa converter. Am I approaching this all wrong?
<br>>
<br>> height_field {
<br>> sys "reef.bmp"
<br>> pigment {White}
<br>> smooth
<br>> translate <-.5, -1, 0>
<br>> water_level .5
<br>> }
<p>It looks perfectly acceptable to me. You could also try using a .gif
image
<br>but the .bmp format should be working if you are using POV-Ray for
windows.
<br>What is the exact error message that you are recieving from Pov ?
<p>--
<br>Ken Tyler
<br>1100+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
<br><a
href="http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html">http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html</a></blockquote>
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