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  Re: using an image_map for media density/color  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 10 Apr 2006 09:12:52
Message: <443a59d4@news.povray.org>
"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] earthlinknet> schreef in bericht
news:web.443a29a1dc50c7b32ff47f1a0@news.povray.org...
>
> No problem; sorry if I didn't make that clear.  Image #3 is just the dino
> *shape* in white, surrounded by black; no greys or colors. (It looks the
> same as the original image's alpha channel, but it's actually a separate
> image.) It's used to create the solid black "plug" of absorbing media, in
> the shape of the dino. Then image #4 is used for all three emitting
medias;
> this image contains the actual colors of the dino, to create three
> primary-colored medias which are simply added to (or combined with) the
> black plug.
>
Right! Now, illumination has finally seeped through my thick braincase :-)
Thanks Kenneth! My results were indeed paler than yours (using the same
skeleton :-)  )

Thomas


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