"H. E. Day" <Pov### [at] aolcom> wrote in message
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| Is there any way to grab the clock value in a specific frame and make it a
| perminent value?  In other words, get the current clock value and make it
| into a declared value that doesn't change over the rest of the animation?

Maybe making the clock be a frame count instead of 0 to 1 and then divide by
total frames would be best:

INI file:
Initial_Clock=1
Final_Clock=100

POV file:
#declare Clock=clock/TotalFrames;
#declare TotalFrames=100;
#declare CheckFrame=50;

#if (clock>=CheckFrame) // from CheckFrame number onward
 #declare SavedClock=CheckFrame/TotalFrames; // this is seen
#end

Using Clock in place of 'clock' everyplace you would be using it besides.
'clock' will be a count then from first frame to last, and SavedClock is
your kept variable.  Not sure why anyone else including you wasn't thinking
of it this way.  Too simplistic perhaps?

Bob

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