gregjohn wrote:

> "Rune" <run### [at] runevisioncom> wrote:
> 
>>If you only need toons, you might do fine, but for
>>serious work it won't do.
> 
> I take offense at the implied dichotomy between "toon" and "serious". (Not
> personal, but intellectual or ideological offense).  "The Incredibles",
> Pixar's next film, I predict, will earn GOBS of cash (a professional
> achievement) and will represent a technical achievement on the par  of
> Jar-Jar Binks or Gollum.

One issue that is important is the ability to get the *exact* effect you
want with the minimal expenditure of time.  SDL can do everything, but
the investment of lifespan is too long for some effects.

>>Despite that I've come to the conclusion that doing character
>>animation *completely* within POV-Ray *is* a waste of time. That is, if
>>you're not satisfied with blobby toons, unsmooth joints etc.
> 
> I guess my view is that going from a serious modeller to povray is a waste
> of time.  It's just another tracer.  The coolness of povray (perhaps a
> rarely held opinion) is in its being freeware and allowing the script-based
> generation of objects.

Another beneift of POV-Ray is that I can use the SDL to make alignments
of objects far more precisely than any modeler can allow for the same
amount of lifespan invested.

Regards,
John

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