Monte wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> I have found lots of "textures" available for download, as bitmap
> images (gif, jpg, etc.). I've looked and looked, but can't seem to
> find how to use them. I want to use an image as a 'tiled' background.
> 
> Can someone point me to a web site, example pov scene (have looked but
> haven't found one that does this), sample scene code, or ....?
> 
> Thank you,
> Monte

  It is relatively easy using the image map feature of POV-Ray. There
is no background tiling feature but you can easily apply an image map
to a plane and set it behind your scene. If you do not specify the
'once' image map modifier the image will automatically tile itself.

plane { z, 20
  pigment {
    image_map {tga "your_image.tga" interpolate 2 }
  }
} 

See also the image map tutorial at -

http://members.xoom.com/yang4yang/pov/imap1.html 

-- 
Ken Tyler -  1300+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/

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