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  Re: My 1st post, not a sphere !  
From: Francois Labreque
Date: 20 Aug 2003 23:50:03
Message: <3f44416b$1@news.povray.org>
Program ended abnormally on 20/08/2003 21:54, Due to a catastrophic
Boris Ostrovskiy error:
> "> By putting an image_map on a surrounding sphere, it will add more
> realistic
> 
>>reflections.  "
> 
> What surrounding sphere? Can you explain..
> 

Put a large sphere or cube (e.g. 50x bigger than your scene) with an image map 
of real surroundings on it.  This will save you the trouble of modelling a whole 
room, while giving you interesting reflections.

-- 
/*Francois Labreque*/#local a=x+y;#local b=x+a;#local c=a+b;#macro P(F//
/*    flabreque    */L)polygon{5,F,F+z,L+z,L,F pigment{rgb 9}}#end union
/*        @        */{P(0,a)P(a,b)P(b,c)P(2*a,2*b)P(2*b,b+c)P(b+c,<2,3>)
/*   videotron.ca  */}camera{orthographic location<6,1.25,-6>look_at a }


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