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16 May 2024 00:11:52 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Render Window: Improvement Proposal  
From: Alain
Date: 27 Oct 2012 14:27:32
Message: <508c2794$1@news.povray.org>

> Hi,
>
> I like the current Beta version as it is. But I also have one proposal for a
> quite useful improvement of the render window.
>
> 1. Instead of countless squares in the background (or maybe in addition to them)
> I have a need to have a coordinate system there. This way, if we users want to
> render just a part of a scene, we can always select the intended area by
> remembering the frame position on the coordinate system, even if there was an
> aborted or faulty render in between.
>
> 2. It might be useful, to work with a lasso frame tool (like in Adobe Photoshop)
> instead of a rectangular frame, so the user can minimize render time through the
> individually needed shape for the area to be rendered.
>
>

If you want to render a specific part of an image, and keep that part 
for successive renders, you can hold the shift key as you draw the 
sellection rectangle.
Next time you use the Run button, it will render only that area.


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