"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
news:3b7541e0@news.povray.org...
>   Sometimes people tell me things like "why do you use POV-Ray when there
> are a lot better programs which are also easier to use, like 3D-Studio,
etc?"
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>   Taking into account this, the quality of the result is amazing. In
> experienced hands POV-Ray can create images that have "professional"
quality,
> and sometimes it can even make better images than a high-end high-cost
> "professional" program.
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>   The people who undervalue POV-Ray when compared to other renderers don't
> clearly understand what's going on. It's not a competition, it's a hobby.

My sentiments exactly.

Of the very scant few "other" ray tracers (3D Design Plus, Polyray,
trueSpace, BMRT... in that order) I've used before POV-Ray Tracer, for me,
has never been set aside since the day I downloaded it.
Half the fun is seeing what other people are doing with it.  I try not to
think of POV-Ray having devoted followers like a cult or something, probably
because I just use it for lack of anything else worthwhile I've come across
(read that as usable) and so believe that's possibly true of others too.
I mean, it's not as though I completely shut myself out from the rest of the
ray tracers in the past.  I must admit though that I'm a bit afraid of
finding another POV-Ray that could replace it.  Whether that's a
subconscious denial of better programs is for the psychiatrists to analyze.
:-)

Bob H.

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