POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unofficial.patches : Shine and Diffuse Maps : Re: Shine and Diffuse Maps Server Time
2 Sep 2024 08:13:21 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Shine and Diffuse Maps  
From: Chris Huff
Date: 12 Mar 2000 17:51:43
Message: <chrishuff_99-52FE09.17533512032000@news.povray.org>
In article <38CC12DE.2873D125@fci.net>, Pov### [at] aolcom wrote:

> Is it at all possible to get some more advanced texture options in the
> next version of MegaPov?  I'm specifically interested in a shine_map and
> diffuse_map.  These would work just like the bump_map (inside the finish
> statement).  White would be high shine or diffuse and black would be
> low.  This system is used in many higher-end rendering systems, and I'm
> wondering if Pov could handle it.  Can it???

Why not just have a finish_map? You could use image_pattern and get the 
same effect, as well as control of reflection, ambient, etc.

-- 
Chris Huff
e-mail: chr### [at] yahoocom
Web page: http://chrishuff.dhs.org/


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