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From: Samuel Benge
Subject: Reflective Face on a Slightly Checkered Floor (20k jpeg)
Date: 7 Oct 2003 13:07:33
Message: <3F82F2C6.1050306@hotmail.com>
Just testing out my options for importing meshes. This one was modeled 
in LightWave, taken through Amapi, and plopped into POV. In the process, 
any textures I gave the face in LightWave were dissolved into the ether, 
never to be seen again.

Does anyone have suggestions as to how I might preserve an object's 
textures when using 'outside' meshes? Can I save my object first to obj 
and use the Poser2POV conversion utility to my success?

-- 
Samuel Benge

stb### [at] hotmailcom


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From: Jean-luc Songa Butera
Subject: Re: Reflective Face on a Slightly Checkered Floor (20k jpeg)
Date: 7 Oct 2003 13:32:27
Message: <3f82f8ab$1@news.povray.org>
"Samuel Benge" <sbe### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
news:3F8### [at] hotmailcom...
> Just testing out my options for importing meshes. This one was modeled
> in LightWave, taken through Amapi, and plopped into POV. In the process,
> any textures I gave the face in LightWave were dissolved into the ether,
> never to be seen again.
> Does anyone have suggestions as to how I might preserve an object's
> textures when using 'outside' meshes? Can I save my object first to obj
> and use the Poser2POV conversion utility to my success?

Even without textures the image still rocks!
UVmapping is the way to go.
uvmap your object in Lightwave and export evrything to .obj with the uv
coordinates and textures
You'd better use Poseray which allows you to see your texture uvmapped to
check for inconsistencies
during the conversion process before exporting to POV->Great time saver!
For Poseray
http://user.txcyber.com/~sgalls/
plus you'll make a a fellow povuser and prgrammer happy ^____^

Jean-luc: your question, my answer


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Reflective Face on a Slightly Checkered Floor (20k jpeg)
Date: 8 Oct 2003 05:30:01
Message: <web.3f83d81d5d220e4b94925cc0@news.povray.org>
Jean-luc Songa Butera wrote:

>You'd better use Poseray which allows you to see your texture uvmapped to
>check for inconsistencies

>Jean-luc: your question, my answer
>
Jean-luc is right use PoseRay it is the best conversion utility by far that
I have found.
BTW really good job Jean-luc :-}


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From: Jean-luc Songa Butera
Subject: Re: Reflective Face on a Slightly Checkered Floor (20k jpeg)
Date: 8 Oct 2003 10:05:01
Message: <3f84198d@news.povray.org>
"Stephen" <mca### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
news:web.3f83d81d5d220e4b94925cc0@news.povray.org...
> Jean-luc Songa Butera wrote:
[auto snip]
> Jean-luc is right use PoseRay it is the best conversion utility by far
that
> I have found.
> BTW really good job Jean-luc :-}

I am not the brain behind Poseray! ^__^

*** FlyerX *** single handedly mastered this complex problem and he deserves
all credits for this impressive piece of software.
He IS a fellow pover which prompted my sentence :-)
So for all UV import in POV-Ray from other softwares, switch your objects to
.obj with UVs and get Poseray to help you retrayce these beauties ^___^
Once again, FlyerX-> ***** (Five stars for excellence)

Jean-luc: your question, my answer


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Reflective Face on a Slightly Checkered Floor (20k jpeg)
Date: 8 Oct 2003 11:55:01
Message: <web.3f84328c5d220e42882d7450@news.povray.org>
Jean-luc Songa Butera wrote:
>I am not the brain behind Poseray! ^__^
>
>*** FlyerX *** single handedly mastered this complex problem and he deserves
>all credits for this impressive piece of software.
>He IS a fellow pover which prompted my sentence :-)
>So for all UV import in POV-Ray from other softwares, switch your objects to
>..obj with UVs and get Poseray to help you retrayce these beauties ^___^
>Once again, FlyerX-> ***** (Five stars for excellence)
>

Thanks for the information. I really must RTFM sometime. As you say FlyerX->
***** (Five stars for excellence)


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From: Samuel Benge
Subject: Re: Reflective Face on a Slightly Checkered Floor (20k jpeg)
Date: 8 Oct 2003 13:39:55
Message: <3F844BE7.1040009@hotmail.com>
Jean-luc Songa Butera wrote:

 > Even without textures the image still rocks!


Thanks!

I tried out the program, and it works great!

I might actually finish a scene by the end of this month. PoseRay will 
be a big help.


Kudos to the man who made the program! A good deal of time went into its 
creation.



-- 
Samuel Benge

stb### [at] hotmailcom


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