Jim Charter wrote:
> Rishi wrote:
> 
>> The name suggests this is the right group. But is it?
>>
>> I am a complete newbie to POV-Ray...as in, have been at it for a 
>> couple of weeks now (and haven't been doing much else).
>>
>> Need some hand-holding from the pros. I've been through most of the 
>> documentation with POV...where do I look next? How do I go further? 
>> Also, I do not have a programming background...does that restrict me 
>> in using POV, or can I hope to pick up all that's needed on the way?
>>
>> ANY help would be welcome!
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Rishi
> 
> 
> Welcome.
> 
> Have you looked at and run the example scenes included with the 
> installation?
> Great place to start.
> 
> Another good place to look is the IRTC
> www.irtc.org
> 
> In later years the practice fell off because files got
> quite large, but in earlier years people included their source
> code.  You can learn a lot of good stuff from there
> Also look in p.b.scene-files for example code
> 
> Probably best to move from objective to objective
> 
> There are four basic concerns:
> scene building.
> modelling
> texturing
> lighting
> 
> Most people are distracted early on by modelling, but the real action is 
> in the texturing, lighting, and scene building. Try to cycle through and 
> improve each of these areas in gradations. Try especially to learn as 
> much about texturing as soon as possible.
> 
> Ask questions here.
> 
> You need to know or learn something of the mechanics of programming 
> because POV does rely on a scripting interface.  But in no way do you 
> need to be a hardcore programmer to use POV-Ray.  Many of us come from 
> an arts background and we take great delight in referring to our SDL 
> (Scene Description Language) script as "code", just to annoy the real 
> programmers here ;)

Hi,

Thanks a lot for the advice. Will follow it RELIGIOUSLY. Hopefully will 
be back with some images to impress you guys in a couple of weeks ;)

Rishi

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