In article <396CE66F.D1AD3870@yahoo.com>, ryan constantine 
<rco### [at] yahoocom> wrote:

> i was thinking it would be cool if there were a "spin" and a "wind"
> pattern or warp in povray.  what you would do is use it in a layered
> texture.  all other layers would define the patterns and colors, and
> then the wind and spin would streak it in a certain direction.  wind
> would be linear and spin would be axial.  any programmers out there
> reading this?

I have done a "push" warp, which displaces a texture in a specified 
direction by an amount depending on how close it is to the center of the 
warp. I am also planning a spin warp, which would be similar to what you 
described, but would have a spherical range of effect.

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