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7 Aug 2024 19:19:56 EDT (-0400)
  Re: post-3.5 patching?  
From: Mark Wagner
Date: 13 Sep 2001 00:57:01
Message: <3ba03c9d@news.povray.org>
Fabien Mosen wrote in message <3b9efbef@news.povray.org>...
>There should maybe be a feature (set by default) to automatically adjust
>the rendering area to the camera's aspect ratio.  I can't think of any
>situation where it would be problematic.


I see one possible problem with this: Suppose I'm rendering on a system with
square pixels, but the image will be displayed on a system with non-square
pixels.  A specific example would be creating a Win98 splash screen.  That
needs to be rendered at 320x400, at a 4:3 aspect ratio.

--
Mark


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