POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : loading image maps : Re: loading image maps Server Time
28 Jul 2024 16:24:14 EDT (-0400)
  Re: loading image maps  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 8 Dec 2004 17:35:02
Message: <cp7vfk$h7h$1@chho.imagico.de>
uwe wrote:
> hi all,
> i wonder if i specify the same image map over and over again in the scene
> description ....
> 
> would it get loaded into memory several times 

Yes, the image file could have changed in the meantime for example with 
the use of POV-Ray's file writing functions.

To avoid this declare the pigment once and reuse it.

Christoph

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