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Subject:	Light trans blue in MLCAD comes out as trans dark-blue in POV-RAY
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.ray
Date:	Mon, 27 Nov 2000 04:23:19 GMT
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When I use light trans-blue parts in MLCAD, they become dark trans-blue in POV-RAY. I can use another blue color, but its not quite right. I've seen other people complain about this, saying is a bug in L3P or something (which I'm using to convert the files). Does anyone know which software is to blame for this translation (MLCAD, L3P, or POV-RAY)??? Is there a work-around? thanks

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		Re: Light trans blue in MLCAD comes out as trans dark-blue in POV-RAY
(...) I use L3Lab and I get the same conversion problem. Also, speaking of colors, I noticed another anomaly that may or may not be an L3Lab problem. I had a decorated element that used a color that was not used anywhere else in the model (as a main (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)

		Re: Light trans blue in MLCAD comes out as trans dark-blue in POV-RAY
(...) If you're wanting use the color for the common light blue transparent pieces, I think the color for that would be 43 trans-cyan. HTH, --Ryan (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)

		Re: Light trans blue in MLCAD comes out as trans dark-blue in POV-RAY
(...) Didn't someone mention an include color file for POV that more accurately portrays the LEGO spectrum? Perhaps this might allay some issues. J (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)

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