"SomeOne" <ask### [at] yahoocouknospam> wrote in message
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> I thought I'd try something different as an exercise. I want to create a
> chechered sphere.
> Trying to make a sphere with a checkered pigment won't give nice results.
So I
> thought I'd try my hand a "image_map"ing. I created an image_map (see
attached
> checker.png) and created a sphere with an image_map like this:
>
> sphere{
>  0,1
>  pigment {
>       image_map {png "checker.png"}
>       scale 0.2
>   }
> }
>
> What I don't get is how to make the image map wrap the entire sphere
nicely.
> I'd be interested to hear how you pro's do this.
>

map_type 1 ( pov help section "3.4.12.7.2  The map_type Option") should
help, such as

pigment {
 image_map {png "checker.png" }
 map_type 1
 scale 0.2
}

why didn't using the builtin checker pattern work?

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