POV-Ray Basic Scene Example

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POV-Ray - The Persistence of Vision Raytracer

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// Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer Scene Description File
// File: ?.pov
// Vers: 3.5
// Desc: BasicSceneExample
// Date: mm/dd/yy
// Auth: ?
//
#version 3.5;
#include "colors.inc"
global_settings {
  assumed_gamma 1.0
}
// ----------------------------------------
camera {
  location  <0.0, 0.5, -4.0>
  direction 1.5*z
  right     x*image_width/image_height
  look_at   <0.0, 0.0,  0.0>
}
sky_sphere {
  pigment {
    gradient y
    color_map {
      [0.0 rgb <0.6,0.7,1.0>]
      [0.7 rgb <0.0,0.1,0.8>]
    }
  }
}
light_source {
  <0, 0, 0>            // light's position (translated below)
  color rgb <1, 1, 1>  // light's color
  translate <-30, 30, -30>
}
// ----------------------------------------
plane {
  y, -1
  pigment { color rgb <0.7,0.5,0.3> }
}
sphere {
  0.0, 1
  texture {
    pigment {
      radial
      frequency 8
      color_map {
        [0.00 color rgb <1.0,0.4,0.2> ]
        [0.33 color rgb <0.2,0.4,1.0> ]
        [0.66 color rgb <0.4,1.0,0.2> ]
        [1.00 color rgb <1.0,0.4,0.2> ]
      }
    }
    finish{
      specular 0.6
    }
  }
}