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hi all,
i wonder if i specify the same image map over and over again in the scene
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pigment { uv_mapping image_map { "myfile.gif" interpolate 2 } }
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pigment { uv_mapping image_map { "myfile.gif" interpolate 2 } }
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etc....
would it get loaded into memory several times or does povray detect this and
load the file only on first occurrence.
this is an important question for me since i generate the scene files
automatically from another program and i would have to change the approach
if the files were indeed loaded several times.
kind regards,
uwe
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uwe wrote:
> hi all,
> i wonder if i specify the same image map over and over again in the scene
> description ....
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> 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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