"Jellby" <jel### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message 
news:41d30e5a@news.povray.org...
> Among other things, GrimDude wrote:
>
>>>  Processing Frame 25 of 11
>>
>> I think it's always been like that. It makes perfect sense to me and I
>> don't see a reason it should be changed.
>
> Perhaps the phrasing could be more clear, something like
>
>    Processing frame 25 (1 of 11)
> or
>    Processing frame 25 of 35 (started on 25)
> ...
>
> Take another example, say I have an animation of 200 frames and I render
> only the last 150. Then I see:
>
>  Processing frame 130 of 150
>
> How many frames are left? Do I have to remember that there are 200 frames
> and I started on number 51?
> If this happens to you, aren't you be surprised when after "frame 150 of
> 150" the render doesn't stop and "frame 151 of 150" starts? If you say
> "no", I guess this qualifies for a "you know you've been raytracing for 
> too
> long when..." item :-P
>
> Anyway, it's just a minor issue, I just found the time to talk about it, 
> but
> it's not a big deal :-)
>
> -- 

You know you've been raytracing for too long when your posed supposition 
includes multiple instances of 'if.'

I understand that it can be confusing. There are many such events with 
Pov-Ray. That's why I enjoy the program so much; I get so many chances to 
celebrate my own human nature through error propagation.

- Grim

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