Josh English <Jos### [at] joshuarenglishcom> wrote:
> I solved this problem a couple of years ago with my "Portland Burns"
> image. The hard drive with all my code died and I can't seem to recreate it.
>
> The idea is to create a texture map that allows for a transition between
> two other textures with a transition zone in-between. A quick sketch:
>
> box {
>    <0, 0, 0>, <1, 1, 0>
>    texture {
>        planar
>        texture_map {
>          [clock-0.01 Final_Texture ]
>          [clock-0.01 Transition_Texture ]
>          [clock Transition_Texture ]
>          [clock Clear_Texture ]
> }}}
>
> But if I scale this texture or add turbulence on the outer texture, the
> inner textures are also scaled or transformed.
>
> I swear I had pulled this off before but I can't suss it this time.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Josh English
I generally solve this problem by using a pigment_pattern{} in the outer texture
 rather than the pattern directly.

texture {
    pigment_pattern {
        planar
        // apply transformations here
    }
    texture_map {
       [clock-0.01 ...]
    }
}

That way your transformations apply to the planar mapping without distorting the
textures inside of the texture_map.  I believe you can also apply the
transformations within the body of the outer texture and it will still only
apply to the pigment_pattern without altering your inner textures.



-- Chris R.

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