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From: Michael Goldshteyn
Subject: Re: realistic image_maps
Date: 13 Mar 2003 15:57:49
Message: <3e70f0cd$1@news.povray.org>
ROTFLMAO so hard that I am about to hit my head on the chair wheels....

Thanks for the post!

"Greg Edwards" <edw### [at] hotmailcomremovethis> wrote in message
news:11ewc6nvmzt2e$.6opkigc97mbo.dlg@40tude.net...
> TT_test4.jpg/TT_test5.jpg:
>
> "Nooo! It's the attack of the mile-high marble!! Everyone into your
> basements! Aaah! There's not enough time! It's rolling down the
mountains!!
> Oh, the humanity!"
>
> PS. Sorry, I couldn't resist!
>
> --
> light_source#macro G(E)sphere{z+E*y*5e-3.04rotate-z*E*6pigment{rgbt#end{
> 20*y-10#local n=162;1}#while(n)#local n=n-.3;G(n)x}}G(-n).7}}#end//GregE


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From: Timothy R  Cook
Subject: Re: realistic image_maps
Date: 13 Mar 2003 16:01:24
Message: <3e70f1a4@news.povray.org>
Tek wrote:
> They're in dds format (that's a DirectX format), for use in games, but I
> converted them to targas and used them in POV! :)

Could you supply a copy of this utility to convert their format?
I've never heard of .dds, and PSP hasn't either.

-- 
Tim Cook
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-empyrean

-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.12
GFA dpu- s: a?-- C++(++++) U P? L E--- W++(+++)>$
N++ o? K- w(+) O? M-(--) V? PS+(+++) PE(--) Y(--)
PGP-(--) t* 5++>+++++ X+ R* tv+ b++(+++) DI
D++(---) G(++) e*>++ h+ !r--- !y--
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------


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From: Tek
Subject: Re: realistic image_maps
Date: 14 Mar 2003 07:39:27
Message: <3e71cd7f$1@news.povray.org>
"Timothy R. Cook" <z993126bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Could you supply a copy of this utility to convert their format?
> I've never heard of .dds, and PSP hasn't either.

You can download it from here:
http://developer.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=ps_texture_compression_plugin

If you download the Photoshop plug-in, it can be used with Paint Shop Pro.
Just put it in the plug-ins directory of PSP.

FYI, dds stands for Direct Draw Surface, which is to do with Microsoft's
DirectX.

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Tek
http://www.evilsuperbrain.com


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From: Tek
Subject: Re: realistic image_maps
Date: 14 Mar 2003 07:40:14
Message: <3e71cdae$2@news.povray.org>
hehehe!
very funny :-D

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Tek
http://www.evilsuperbrain.com


"Greg Edwards" <edw### [at] hotmailcomremovethis> wrote in message
news:11ewc6nvmzt2e$.6opkigc97mbo.dlg@40tude.net...
> TT_test4.jpg/TT_test5.jpg:
>
> "Nooo! It's the attack of the mile-high marble!! Everyone into your
> basements! Aaah! There's not enough time! It's rolling down the
mountains!!
> Oh, the humanity!"
>
> PS. Sorry, I couldn't resist!
>
> --
> light_source#macro G(E)sphere{z+E*y*5e-3.04rotate-z*E*6pigment{rgbt#end{
> 20*y-10#local n=162;1}#while(n)#local n=n-.3;G(n)x}}G(-n).7}}#end//GregE


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From: Timothy R  Cook
Subject: Re: realistic image_maps
Date: 14 Mar 2003 08:33:38
Message: <3e71da32@news.povray.org>
Tek wrote:
> If you download the Photoshop plug-in, it can be used with Paint Shop Pro.
> Just put it in the plug-ins directory of PSP.

Nog, got that, figured out why it wasn't working; I was missing one of
the dlls. O.o

I find the having to click 'yes' at each image that has a MIP map to be
terribly annoying, especially when I want to to a batch process and
convert the lot to TGA...plus the plugin GPFs after a while due to...
memory consumption? likely...

Some interesting textures though.  The aerial views in particular are
incredible; they're seamless!

-- 
Tim Cook
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-empyrean

-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.12
GFA dpu- s: a?-- C++(++++) U P? L E--- W++(+++)>$
N++ o? K- w(+) O? M-(--) V? PS+(+++) PE(--) Y(--)
PGP-(--) t* 5++>+++++ X+ R* tv+ b++(+++) DI
D++(---) G(++) e*>++ h+ !r--- !y--
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------


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From: Tek
Subject: Re: realistic image_maps
Date: 14 Mar 2003 08:40:52
Message: <3e71dbe4$1@news.povray.org>
Yeah that pop-up message is annoying, but I think the textures are worth the
hassle :)

--
Tek
http://www.evilsuperbrain.com


"Timothy R. Cook" <z993126bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:3e71da32@news.povray.org...
> Tek wrote:
> > If you download the Photoshop plug-in, it can be used with Paint Shop
Pro.
> > Just put it in the plug-ins directory of PSP.
>
> Nog, got that, figured out why it wasn't working; I was missing one of
> the dlls. O.o
>
> I find the having to click 'yes' at each image that has a MIP map to be
> terribly annoying, especially when I want to to a batch process and
> convert the lot to TGA...plus the plugin GPFs after a while due to...
> memory consumption? likely...
>
> Some interesting textures though.  The aerial views in particular are
> incredible; they're seamless!
>
> --
> Tim Cook
> http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-empyrean
>
> -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
> Version: 3.12
> GFA dpu- s: a?-- C++(++++) U P? L E--- W++(+++)>$
> N++ o? K- w(+) O? M-(--) V? PS+(+++) PE(--) Y(--)
> PGP-(--) t* 5++>+++++ X+ R* tv+ b++(+++) DI
> D++(---) G(++) e*>++ h+ !r--- !y--
> ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
>


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From: Greg M  Johnson
Subject: Re: realistic image_maps
Date: 14 Mar 2003 09:09:19
Message: <3e71e28f$1@news.povray.org>
AWESOME!
Nice try. We can tell you really took a photograph of a 5 mile diameter ball
of aluminum sitting on Iowa.


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From: Mike Williams
Subject: Re: realistic image_maps
Date: 14 Mar 2003 13:24:32
Message: <c$9$zCAFwhc+EwxV@econym.demon.co.uk>
Wasn't it Timothy R. Cook who wrote:
>Tek wrote:
>> They're in dds format (that's a DirectX format), for use in games, but I
>> converted them to targas and used them in POV! :)
>
>Could you supply a copy of this utility to convert their format?
>I've never heard of .dds, and PSP hasn't either.

A quick Google finds a set of nice small free graphics programs that
operate on DDS and a number of other uncommon image formats at

http://www.mnwright.btinternet.co.uk/graphix.htm

I've not tried them on the actual Transmogrifying Textures Vol 1 yet
(I's still thinking about that 110Mb download) but there seemed to be a
slight vertical stretch when I tried them on some other DDS files.

-- 
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure


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From: Greg Edwards
Subject: Re: realistic image_maps
Date: 14 Mar 2003 13:28:43
Message: <bhue9rzdaxsl.11kqph6fevmkw.dlg@40tude.net>
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:22:51 -0500, Greg M. Johnson wrote:

> AWESOME!
> Nice try. We can tell you really took a photograph of a 5 mile diameter ball
> of aluminum sitting on Iowa.

What we really need is for Godzilla to battle it and force it back into the 
sea. :-)

-- 
light_source#macro G(E)sphere{z+E*y*5e-3.04rotate-z*E*6pigment{rgbt#end{
20*y-10#local n=162;1}#while(n)#local n=n-.3;G(n)x}}G(-n).7}}#end//GregE


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From: Jet Jaguar
Subject: Re: realistic image_maps
Date: 14 Mar 2003 20:16:07
Message: <tlv47vk9obdap8gl2mh7jg9m3knukao16a@4ax.com>
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:40:51 -0000, "Tek" <tek### [at] evilsuperbraincom>
said:

>Yeah that pop-up message is annoying, but I think the textures are worth the
>hassle :)

Though I haven't used it myself, SlowView:

http://www.slowview.at/

is a freeware graphics viewer/converter that seems promising.  It
looks like it can do batch conversions of .dds files.  I might try it
out.

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Bob Chmilnitzky (a.k.a. Jet Jaguar)
I have a spam blocking address.  Replying to me is like pulling teeth.
Visit my crappy home page at http://home.att.net/~chmilnir/
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