Am 15.03.2012 20:53, schrieb clipka:
> Am 16.02.2012 15:46, schrieb clipka:
>> Am 14.02.2012 08:53, schrieb Thomas de Groot:
>>
>>>> Don't worry about it: You can't get it right anyway, due to a known
>>>> problem with POV-Ray's implementation of UV-mapped image-based bump
>>>> maps. Unfortunately, fixing it isn't exactly trivial.
>>>
>>> Ah? Interesting to hear this. I hope (I know!) you will find a solution.
>>
>> My last attempt to fix it came at the cost of scrambling all
>> non-UV-mapped bump maps instead, for reasons I didn't quite understand
>> :-P
>>
>> But be sure I'll try again; it's one of the things that currently bug me
>> most about POV-Ray.
>
> Okay, here's a quiz to all of you: Please describe the surface structure
> of this thing. Are those dimples or pimples? (Hint: The light comes
> almost straight from the camera position.)
>
> (Rendered with POV-Ray 3.7.RC5 using a plain old non-uv-mapped bump_map;
> POV-Ray 3.6 gives the same results.)

... and now with some patch.

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