In article <3990051b@news.povray.org>, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> 
wrote:

>   Let me assure you that it's a LOT more difficult to get a good image 
> with pure OpenGL (without using any modeller) than with povray 
> (without using any modeller).

As someone just learning OpenGL, I can agree with that...OpenGL is a 
low-level graphics API, not a scene description or scripting language. 
:-)
If you want things like realistic lighting, reflections and refraction, 
you have to implement it yourself. Even simple transparence takes some 
extra effort.

Currently, the most complex thing I have done is a particle system 
simulating a bunch of skyrockets.

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