"Tom Galvin" <tom### [at] imporg> wrote in message
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> Remco de Korte <rem### [at] onwijscom> wrote in news:40084403.60AD4370
> @onwijs.com:
>
> > I'm not sure if this is related but I have different ini's for
> > different projects and use different sections within one ini.
>
> Same here.  As an example:
>
> Input_File_Name=main.pov
> Antialias=On
>
> width=512
> height=288
>
> ;width=320
> ;height=180
>
> Quality=9
> ;Quality=7
> ;Quality=5

He meant blocks, I believe, Tom. All your commented parts can be used as
separate blocks chosen by name if you put them together this way instead:

[Shot01]
; everything pertinent to this rendering goes here

[Shot02]
; likewise for here

That way you just select the INI file and choose the part needed at the
time. In Windows, it shows up as the secondary resolution list (or from DOS,
if anyone does that, it'd be like:  thepov.exe anim.ini shot02).

Unfortunately, something's broken about how INI's are handled so you can't
nest them or use multiple INI's; if not, you'd also be able to have a main
one for the general setup. So you still need to specify all the elements in
each block.
-- 
Bob H.
http://www.3digitaleyes.com

> ;=================================================================
> ;      Some useful presets for rendering specific scenes
> ;=================================================================
> ;SHOT01: Credits
> ;Start......0
> ;End.....1349
> ;
> ;   Subset_Start_Frame=0061
> ;   Subset_End_Frame  =0061
>
>
> ;=================================================================
> ;SHOT02: Bedroom
> ;Start...1350
> ;End.....1799
> ;   Subset_Start_Frame=1500
> ;   Subset_End_Frame  =1500
>
> and so on...
>
> -- 
> Tom
> _________________________________
> The Internet Movie Project
> http://www.imp.org/

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A good way to set up a quick look at your animation is to set up two
presets: One for a low-res fast look that only has a few frames, and another
for the final view.

Tools->Edit Resolution INI file
This gets you to quickres.ini, where you can add this:

[320x240 10 frames]
Width=320
Height=240
Antialias=Off
Initial_Frame=1
Final_Frame=10
Initial_Clock=0.0
Final_Clock=1.0

save the file, restart pov-ray, and the quick-res dropdown will now have an
option labeled "320x240 10 frames". The frames are scattered evenly
throughout your film, so you get an overall look at what it's going to step
through.

You can also create another for your favorite hi-resolution version, and add
antialiasing, quality, etc. to it.

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> gregjohn <pte### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> > Looking up and remembering the +KXYZ  switches, and retyping 3 to 4 of them
> > by hand for EVERY TEST RENDER is just so incredibly user-unfriendly.
>
>   I don't know what weird version of WinPOV you have, but at least mine
> remembers the contents of the command-line field between renders.
>
>   And besides, what does it help to write them in an ini file? You'll have
> to re-edit the ini file every time you want to change the settings anyways
> (which is a lot more work than editing the text field at the top of the
> editor).

Well, you can write an INI file with the information you need for that scene AND
write in the command-line text field other settings, including filenames of
other INI files and options that overwrite those on the ini files.


>
>   And thirdly, putting those scene-specific setting in the main povray.ini
> file is just wrong.
>   In povray.ini you put the settings you want to be default for *all* scenes,
> not just the current one.

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