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> But exists some company that uses Pov-ray for professional use?

- if you mean "professional use" in a general sense, then many people use
POV-Ray in a professional capacity. This include notably scientists,
teachers, architects, designers and artists. For instance, I'm using POV-Ray
to generate 2D graphs that are part of a commercial database and I've used
it to make book covers. Also, people can make some little money on the side
by selling art made with POV-Ray. ABX already mentioned publishers, and I
know that Intel has used POV-Ray to demonstrate their processors' speed
during trade shows and that Mandrake France used it to demonstrate their
Linux cluster.

- if you mean "using POV-Ray in the field of 3D production", with people
using it as a major source of income (like professional applications like
Max or Maya), the answer is no. Just consider the total absence of
commercial material surrounding POV-Ray, compared to what exists even for
entry-level tools like Bryce. It's also blatantly absent whenever someone
compiles a list of 3D apps ("what is your favorite tool", "what tool do you
use" etc.). POV-Ray just doesn't fit in a production workflow for numerous
reasons, something that can be considered both as fortunate and unfortunate.
It should be added, however, that a few people now working in 3D started out
using POV-Ray (for instance, the person who developed the GI renderer now in
the Messiah project coded POV-Ray patches years ago).

G.
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