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> Program ended abnormally on 17/04/2004 22:44, Due to a catastrophic
> Bleeding_Soul error:
> > Hey all. I'm pretty much brand new to POV. Not really, I've been using it
> > off and on for about 3 years now. More off though. Anyway, I can do alot of
> > basic shapes, and a couple of advanced ones as well, and do alot of things
> > I need to do, but I want to learn to do alot of other things. I've gone
> > through the tutorial that comes with POV 3.5, but still haven't retained
> > any of that knowledge, and it seems incomplete (by far even) anyway. So, I
> > found this place, and was wondering if there was anyone out there that has
> > the patience and time to help me out and teach me how to do alot of the
> > more advance funtions and such? Feel free to contact me any way that's
> > easiest for you:
>
> The best way is to find a project to work on ( modelling your room, summer
> cottage, dream car, a cartoon character, etc...)  and post your progress in
> povray.binaries.images or specific questions about problems you're having
here.
>    Lots of people will gladly offer help.
>
>
>
> --
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Start with something simple such as a CD:

difference
{
    cylinder
    {
        flat and big
    }
    cylinder
    {
        small
    }
    texture
    {
        image_map
        {
            your_favorite_CD_drawing
        }
    }
}

Then you can work on a box for the CD, then a wood floor to put the box over.
That's a good strategy: start with something easy and continue with things
around it

I imagine you three months later posting a house with several rooms
and inside one of the rooms, a table
and on the table, a box
and in the box, a CD!

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