Nieminen Juha wrote:

>   This definitely is a VFAQ.
>   I wonder why is it so hard for newbies to discover how to turn on animation?
>

Maybe this means that the (Win) interface isn't as intuitive as it could be. A
possible solution could be an "animate" button in the toolbar that brings up a
dialog with up/down buttons that control Initial_frame, Final_frame, Initial_clock
and so on...

(Oops! Guess this should have been posted to povray.windows instead :) )

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Mikael Carneholm wrote:
> 
> Nieminen Juha wrote:
> 
> >   This definitely is a VFAQ.
> >   I wonder why is it so hard for newbies to discover how to turn on animation?
> >
> 
> Maybe this means that the (Win) interface isn't as intuitive as it could be. A
> possible solution could be an "animate" button in the toolbar that brings up a
> dialog with up/down buttons that control Initial_frame, Final_frame, Initial_clock
> and so on...
> 
> (Oops! Guess this should have been posted to povray.windows instead :) )

That would be a great feature not only for animations but with radiosity
and a couple of the other unique features that require special handling.

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Mikael Carneholm wrote:
> 
> Nieminen Juha wrote:
> 
> >   This definitely is a VFAQ.
> >   I wonder why is it so hard for newbies to discover how to turn on
> animation?
> >
> 
> Maybe this means that the (Win) interface isn't as intuitive as it
> could be. A
> possible solution could be an "animate" button in the toolbar that
> brings up a
> dialog with up/down buttons that control Initial_frame, Final_frame,
> Initial_clock
> and so on...
> 
> (Oops! Guess this should have been posted to povray.windows instead :)
> )
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Mikael Carneholm

This is a great idea!

Remco

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In article <3838FA06.7D7B1299@ida.utb.hb.se>, Mikael Carneholm
<sa9### [at] idautbhbse> wrote:

> Maybe this means that the (Win) interface isn't as intuitive as it could be. A
> possible solution could be an "animate" button in the toolbar that brings up a
> dialog with up/down buttons that control Initial_frame, Final_frame,
> Initial_clock
> and so on...

You mean something like the Mac version does? It has a preferences
dialog for each file with settings for nearly all of the .ini options.

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Ken wrote:

> That would be a great feature not only for animations but with radiosity
> and a couple of the other unique features that require special handling.

Actually, I got so inspired by this that I took the liberty of putting together an
animation dialog draft. Check out the screendumps in binaries.programming.

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Mikael Carneholm wrote:
> 
> Ken wrote:
> 
> > That would be a great feature not only for animations but with radiosity
> > and a couple of the other unique features that require special handling.
> 
> Actually, I got so inspired by this that I took the liberty of putting together an
> animation dialog draft. Check out the screendumps in binaries.programming.

I just saw that. Excellent. I will bring this to the POV-Team's attention.
I think they will like it.

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Peter Popov <pet### [at] usanet> wrote:
: Anyway, drop a line about command
: line params there, will you?

  I think that they are explained well enough in the povray documentation.
  The VFAQ is not supposed to be a complete tutorial on how to use povray :)

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Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
news:38394639.98A18374@pacbell.net...
> Mikael Carneholm wrote:
> > Actually, I got so inspired by this that I took the liberty of putting
together an
> > animation dialog draft. Check out the screendumps in
binaries.programming.
>
> I just saw that. Excellent. I will bring this to the POV-Team's attention.
> I think they will like it.


I think I'll get bashed with "don't you think they have enough work as it
is?" (and rightly so), but wouldn't this better be part of a general command
line/ini file editing interface

... that seems to be already planned (the button in the render settings
window/dialog box).


Philippe.

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On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 16:38:53 +0100, "Philippe Debar"
<phi### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

>I think I'll get bashed with "don't you think they have enough work as it
>is?" (and rightly so), but wouldn't this better be part of a general command
>line/ini file editing interface

Don't worry, I don;t think you'll get bashed. Not by the Team, at
least. And yes, this would certainly make a better interface, at least
for new users and more GUI-oriented users. Personally I find the
command-line approach faster and easier, but then again, who says I'm
sane? :)

>... that seems to be already planned (the button in the render settings
>window/dialog box).

Indeed it has, but it seems that more time is devoted to the core of
the program than to platform-specific frontends.

>Philippe.

This is my personal opinion, in no way connected nor supported nor
rejected by the POV-Team.


Peter Popov
ICQ: 15002700

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On 23 Nov 1999 09:27:18 -0500, Nieminen Juha
<war### [at] punarastascstutfi> wrote:

>Peter Popov <pet### [at] usanet> wrote:
>: Anyway, drop a line about command
>: line params there, will you?
>
>  I think that they are explained well enough in the povray documentation.
>  The VFAQ is not supposed to be a complete tutorial on how to use povray :)

You have a point. Let'em Read The Fine Manual. After all, it's what it
has been put there for, right? :)


Peter Popov
ICQ: 15002700

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