Ross <rli### [at] everestkcnet> wrote:
> "full potential of povray." doing something entirely in CSG doesn't explore
> the full potential one bit (i agree with you here). Neither does using all
> mesh models, however the ability to use 3rd party models is a capability of
> POV.

  A capability. One.

  Imported models were not judged negatively in any way. Basing the
entire image on imported models was because that is using just one
single POV-Ray feature. The goal of the competition was to get more
than that.

> I was going to say, "Look at 'Victoria's World'. It uses non-pov things
> pretty extensively and got 3rd place", then i noticed this comment basically
> saying, "It would never win because it used so many things not directly made
> in POV." So i guess, the more I talk, the more i'm siding with you.

  Victoria's World did not win because it was not considered by the
judges to be better than the other three images. While the extensive
usage of imported models might have had some effect on whether it got
third or fourth place, it would have not won the first prize even if
it had been done 100% in pov. I'm pretty certain of this.

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