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From: sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu (scott sutherland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Looking for Digitized Texture Pics
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Date: 4 Feb 90 22:02:21 GMT
Reply-To: sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu (scott sutherland)
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	Since programs like Turbo Silver and Photon Paint can wrap
textures about objects in 3D and 2D, respectively (I know that
PP can wrap around "3D" objects, but with TS, you can actually
move around the 3D objects).  Given this, it is my idea to give
my animations a more realistic look by using REAL-WORLD textures
for my objects.  I have the Texture companion disk from PP, and
this IS along the lines of what I am looking for.  However, this
disk in limited to marble and wood.  I had a idea to take my
camera and photograph dozens of real textures and digitize them
into IFF images which I could use at any time in my animations.
Unfortunately, I do NOT have DigiView or any other image digitizer
avaiable to me, nor will I have the $$ any time soon.  One other
option was the cameras which have been advertised which capture
images onto a floppy disk.  However, to date I have NOT heard of
any interfaces which would allow me to get the data from the disk
to the Amiga.  [IF ANYONE HAS HEARD DIFFERENTLY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I TALKED TO A REP FOR ONE OF THESE THINGS (SONY I THINK) AND HE 
TOLD ME THEY WERE WORKING ON IT.  THEY ONLY HAD A MAC II INTERFACE.)
Thus, my only option at this time is to query the net to see if anyone
knows of any ftp sites or other sources of IFF "texture" images.

	Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Scott Sutherland
sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu