Sorry, can you clarify that a bit. I want to set up a batch of animations to
render during my vacation. Each scene file will be in a separate folder and
will need its own start and end frame, plus most importantly, its own clock
setting. I tried copying povray.ini to each folder, but it still rendered
using the default povray.ini in the Renderer folder
So how can I set up numerous ini files, one per folder, then run a Queue so
that each scene renders with its own settings? Do I need to add something to
the actual scene? I am using the GUI under Windows.
Thanks
D
"Harold Baize" <bai### [at] itsaucsfedu> wrote in message
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>
> "Chris Friedl" <cfr### [at] bigpondnetau> wrote in message
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> > Also, I'm working on animations, and have discovered some of the
animation
> > options (Final_Frame etc). It seems that I have to put these in my
> > povray.ini file to work. However whenever I want to switch from
generating
> > all images of the animation sequence, to say, only one image, I have to
> edit
> > this file and change the value of Final_Frame to 1. Same is true if I
want
> > to switch on or off writing of rendered image output files in a working
> > session. Is there any easier way to do this than editing povray.ini? Can
> > these controls be placed in the pov script I am working on. It wasn't
> clear
> > to me how to do this from the documentation.
>
> Some of these could be accomplished by editing the POV QuickRes.ini file.
> It isn't limited to resolution settings. I've customized mine to include
> animation
> settings for rendering stereo pairs. For example:
>
> [800x600, AA 0.3]
> Width=800
> Height=600
> Antialias=On
> Antialias_Threshold=0.3
>
> [Stereo 800x600]
> Initial_Frame = 1
> Final_Frame = 2
> Initial_Clock = 0
> Final_Clock = 1
> Cyclic_Animation = off
> Pause_when_Done = off
> +w800 +h600
> AntiAlias=On
>
> I can chose to render just one image or a stereo pair by selecting
> the corresponding "quickres" setting. The animation values result in
> two images rendered, within the scene script file the clock value
> moves the camera to give two view for stereo effect.
>
> This is the camera definition that makes use of clock value:
>
> //----- S t e r e o  C a m e r a -------\\
> #declare dist=15;
> #declare Camx=dist/60;
> #if (clock)
>   #declare Camx=-(dist/60);
> #end
> camera {location <Camx,-0.5, -15> look_at <Camx,0,0>
> }
>
>  You can do a lot with a customized quickres.ini file.
>
> Harold
>
>

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