hello,

is there a method to get the color (rgb values) of a point in an object
where is pigment is an image_map ?

thanks
klp

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> is there a method to get the color (rgb values) of a point in an object
> where is pigment is an image_map ?

Most simple way is probably to create a pigment of the image_map and use 
eval_pigment from functions.inc on it.
(See http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.1/449/)


HTH,
Florian
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camera{look_at-y*10location<8,-3,-8>*10}#local a=0;#while(a<999)sphere{
#local _=.01*a-4.99;#local p=a*.01-5;#local c=.01*a-4.995;<sin(p*pi)*5p
*10pow(p,5)*.01>sin(c*c*c*.1)+1pigment{rgb 3}}#local a=a+1;#end
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In article <41bcb2a5@news.povray.org>,
 Florian Brucker <tor### [at] torfboldcom> wrote:

>>Most simple way is probably to create a pigment of the image_map and use 
>>eval_pigment from functions.inc on it.
>>(See http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.1/449/)


  thanks florian, eval_pigment() works perfect !

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