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Re: Stickers for Tiles in POV
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Good info. Thanks!
I have two questions about this:
1. Is it possible to get a .gif to work with transparency?
2. I am not totally clear on how you flip an image end for end, or rotate
it. Can you help me out?
Thanks!
Jake
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Jake McKee
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LUGNET Member #211
In lugnet.cad.ray, Axel Poqué writes:
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> Brett Neale <brett_neale@bigpond.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: FvoCpy.x6@lugnet.com...
> > Hey guys
> > How would I go about putting a .bmp or other image file into pov to put on a
> > tile or brick? I am currently making a pov of the v8 supercar II 8448 and I
> > need the tiles with the decorations on them that aren't in Ldraw. Thnx fellas
> > Brett
>
>
> Here's an excerpt from a rendering I did recently. The original POV file was
> generated with L3P/L3PAO from an existing MPD file, then modified by hand.
>
> I first declared the sticker as an object, so I could use it several times...
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> #declare US_flag = plane {
> z, 0 // plane normal to z at the origin (xy plane)
> texture {
> pigment {
> image_map {
> gif "Us.gif" // insert your image here (can be gif, png, bmp, etc. just chaneg the keyword
> interpolate 2 // smooth it a bit
> once // do not repeat image across plane
> }
> // image is automatically scaled to x[0...1] y[x...1]
> translate 0.5 * (-x + -y) // center on the origin, turn upside down, reverse left/right (you might not need this)
> // you can remove the 0.5 factor if you don't want the origin at the center of the image
> // don't forget to change the clipping box if you do
> }
> finish { ambient AMB diffuse DIF }
> }
> clipped_by {box {<-0.5, -0.5, -0.5> <0.5, 0.5, 0.5>}}
> bounded_by {clipped_by}
> }
>
> Then I inserted the sticker into the appropriate submodel...
>
> #declare flag_dot_dat = union {
> // U.S. flag
> object { _4095_dot_dat matrix <1-SW/12,0,0,0,1-SW/132,0,0,0,1-SW/12,0,SW/-2.44444,0> matrix <1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,56,-50> #if
> (version >= 3.1) material #else texture #end { Color366 } }
> object { _2335_dot_dat matrix <1-SW/12,0,0,0,1-SW/40,0,0,0,1-SW/54,0,SW/2,SW/2.34783> matrix <1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,-64,-50> #if
> (version >= 3.1) material #else texture #end { Color7 } }
> object { _3794_dot_dat matrix <1-SW/40,0,0,0,1-SW/12,0,0,0,1-SW/20,0,SW/6,0> matrix
> <-0.707107,0,0.707107,0,1,0,-0.707107,0,-0.707107,0,68,-50> #if (version >= 3.1) material #else texture #end { Color8 } }
>
> // US flag sticker for part 2335, one for every side
> object { US_flag
> scale <-40, -40, 1> // scale to appropriate size
> rotate 90 * y // rotate to orientation of part 2335
> translate <2, -44, -20> // translate to surface of part 2335 (origin at the center, so offset is -44,-20 instead of -64,0
> // if you can't see the sticker in your rendering, you can let it float a bit above the surface
> }
> object { US_flag // ditto for back side
> scale <-40, -40, 1>
> rotate 90 * y
> translate <-2, -44, -20>
> }
> }
>
> I hope this helps (can find renderings from this POV file at
> http://home.t-online.de/~axel.pq/msfc/recent.html)
>
> Axel
>
> 02.06.2000 - William Jefferson Clinton receives the Karls-Prize
> in Aachen, Germany, 50° 46' 17" N / 06° 05' 18" E
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Axel Poque email: axel.pq@t-online.de
> Aachen, Germany Internet: http://home.t-online.de/~axel.pq
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| Brett Neale <brett_neale@bigpond.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: FvoCpy.x6@lugnet.com... (...) Here's an excerpt from a rendering I did recently. The original POV file was generated with L3P/L3PAO from an existing MPD file, then modified by hand. I (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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