POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.general: Isosurfaces in v3.5 and how to convert them to heightfields?: Re: Isosurfaces in v3.5 and how to convert them to heightfields?

POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Isosurfaces in v3.5 and how to convert them to heightfields? : Re: Isosurfaces in v3.5 and how to convert them to heightfields?		Server Time 20 Nov 2024 08:43:33 EST (-0500)

From: ingo
Date: 9 Oct 2001 12:29:46
Message: <Xns9135BC2775F74seed7@povray.org>

in news:3bc31497@news.povray.org Hugo wrote:

> But sometimes it would also be great to
> convert ISO's to bitmaps so they can be used as heightfields..

I'm not shure I understand what you try to achieve, but my first 
thought was, why not use your functions as a pigment, use that on a 
plane and render. Use the resulting image for a hf. Actually, you can 
do it directly, see "6.7.11.16  Function Image" in the 3.5 doc.

Ingo

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