in news:3e9db9ba$1@news.povray.org Mahesh Padmanabhan wrote:

> Ahh, so your usage has been to use SDL for post-processing of complex 
> scenes created with a modelling program.

I wouldn't call it postprocessing, it's more like photography. You don't 
expect the photographer to sculpture every piece that he uses in a 
still.

The works of Gilles Tran are a good example for this, in his early work 
he modelled a lot him self, in his late(est) work he even uses 
completely ready made objects (due to lack of time). Yet, still all his 
work has this "Tranesque" look and feel.

I compare the SDL to a very special kind of glue, with it you can use to 
stick together all kinds of objects from all kinds of sources, or, on 
the other side of the spectrum, you can do a complete scene with it as 
if it where a kind of clay.

In this regard, POV-Ray is a very versatile tool.

Have fun finding your way of using POV-Ray,

Ingo

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