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11 Aug 2024 17:20:34 EDT (-0400)
  Re: One little animation question  
From: Mark Wagner
Date: 16 Jun 1999 23:33:43
Message: <37686c97@news.povray.org>
Ken wrote in message <376850FC.C0D94844@pacbell.net>...
>Dan wrote:
>> I have searched in vain through the POV-Ray documentation for a way to
>> have it automatically assign a new name to each frame in an
>> animation...e.g., so that in the end I will have "x" images, each
>> corresponding to a frame.
>>
>> Anyone know how to do that, or perhaps just point me to where I can find
>> it?
>
>Pov automaticaly assigns a sequentail numerical name to each image as it is
>produced. For example you have a pov file named bob.pov. If you run a 10
>fram animation then pov will assign the names bob001.tga, bob002.tga, etc.
>as it renders each frame. Simple isn't it :-)

Actually, for a 10 frame animation, it would be bob01.tga to bob10.tga.

Mark


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