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  Re: Changing viewpoint of cylindrical camera  
From: Alain
Date: 9 Sep 2008 21:42:32
Message: <48c72608$1@news.povray.org>
Sebastian Kasperski nous illumina en ce 2008-09-09 06:49 -->
> Hello all,
> 
> i'm trying to render a simple scene using a cylindrical camera like the 
> following one. It uses the cylinder type 1 (vertical cylinder with fixed 
> viewpoint) and a full 360° viewing angle.
> 
> camera
> {
>   cylinder 1
>   angle 360
>   up 1.1*y
>   location <0,0,0>
>   look_at  <0,0,1>
> }
> 
> This works pretty fine. The only problem is, that the viewpoint is 
> always centered within the cylinder. What I want to do, is to move the 
> viewpoint up or down on the cylinder's axis. Is there a way to archieve 
> this?
> 
> Best regards
> Sebastian
Have you tried to translate the camera up or down?

-- 
Alain
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