>>>> Am 13.05.2010 19:02, schrieb Alex:
>>>>
>>>>> Can we put in the output file name a parameter coming from the scene
>>>>> file (.pov) ?
>>>>> Eg: myScene_CAMERA2.bmp
>>>>>
>>>>> with pov file named myScene.pov
>>>>> and the parameter being "_CAMERA2"
>>>>
>>>> No.
>>>>
>>>> What you can do, however, is automatically generate a batch file or
>>>> shell script to rename the output file, by using the #fopen and #write
>>>> SDL statements.
>>>
>>>
>>> Here is my current 'solution':
>>>
>>> I set vue to the appropriate view I want to compute.... but I get a
>>> single picture while I would like to get for example views 0, 1 and
>>> 10....
>>>
>>> #local vue = 3;
>>>
>>> #switch (vue)
>>> #case (0) // Vue globale de face
>>> camera { location < 50, 170, -650 > look_at < 50, 170, 0 > }
>>> #break;
>>> #case (1) // Vue globale de face proche
>>> camera { location < 60, 10, -30 > look_at < 65, 5, 0 > }
>>> #break;

>>> camera { location < 80, 120, -150 > look_at < 60, 60, 0 > }
>>> #break;

>>> camera { location < 0, 0, -150 > look_at < 0, 0, 0 > }
>>> #break;
>>> #case (10) // Vue de dessous
>>> camera { location < 0, -50, 0 > look_at < 0, 0, 0 > }
>>> #break;
>>> #case (100) // Vue de de droite
>>> camera { location < 150, 50, -100 > look_at < 50, 50, 0 > }
>>> #break;

>>> camera { location < 250, 170, -50 > look_at < 50, 50, 50 > }
>>> #break;

>>> camera { location < -50, 0, 50 > look_at < 0, 0, 0 > }
>>> #break;
>>> #case (202) // Vue de de gauche avant
>>> camera { location < -50, 0, -50 > look_at < 0, 0, 0 > }
>>> #break;
>>> #end
>>
>> You can easily do an animation and get all the views.
>> Add +kff9 on the command line.
>>
>> Replace #local vue = 3; by this:
>> #local vue = frame_number-1;
>>
>> The internal variable frame_number starts at 1, so you need to substract
>> 1 from it.
>>
>> Change the cases larger than 3 to:
>> #case(4) in place of #case(10)
>> #case(5) in place of #case(100)
>> #case(6) in place of #case(101)
>> #case(7) in place of #case(201)
>> #case(8) in place of #case(202)
>>
>> This will result in images named myScenen.bmp
>> Where the last "n" will range from 1 to 8
>>
>>
>> Alain
>
> Oups, thank you so much, but when you talk about command line, do you
> mean I can't use the GUI ? I'm using POV-Ray with windows... Thus in
> that case where to put this switch ?
> Looking for in the same time...
>
> Thanks,
> ALeX

Ok, self response :)) Just played with frame number, 1 to 5 in INI file, 
this is enough.
Just would be curious to find more about that famous command line :p
Another short question but out of that topic : can we have a separate 
.ini file per scene file (.pov) ?

Merci :-)

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