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  Re: Poser figures rendered in POV-Ray with UV Patch...?  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 4 Nov 1999 10:58:27
Message: <slrn823b8h.v8.ron.parker@ron.gwmicro.com>
On Thu, 04 Nov 1999 16:30:53 +0100, Gilles Tran wrote:
>- bump mapping works fine. The bump maps in Poser have a mysterious BUM
>extension but they are only BMP files (at least in the Windows version).
>Just rename them to BMP and convert them to a povray-compatible format. You
>may have to edit them too to increase bumpiness, otherwise it's perfect. You
>can use alpha-channels for transparency too.

BMP is a povray-compatible format if you're using the Windows version.  Just
use "sys" where you'd usually use "tga" or "png" in the POV code.

-- 
These are my opinions.  I do NOT speak for the POV-Team.
The superpatch: http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/superpatch/
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