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From: Rik Kline
Subject: Rendering Question
Date: 17 Jun 1999 16:58:36
Message: <3769613F.6E1AC624@erols.com>
Please pardon the novice question.  Is there a limit to the size of an
image POVRay can render.  I'm rendering an image of a chemical structure
for an exhibit booth.   The image needs to be about 72 cm square.

Thanks,
rik


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From: Bob
Subject: Re: Rendering Question
Date: 17 Jun 1999 17:16:21
Message: <3769657E.48EBACC5@aol.com>
Only limited by computer memory I believe. What you are going to really have to
consider
is that printout. Over 2 foot square eh? Going to take the image into a printshop on
diskette? You'll probably want a resolution in the 5000 by 5000 pixels range, easily
plausible. Maybe someone has done this, not me, and they would know better
instructions.


Rik Kline wrote:
> 
> Please pardon the novice question.  Is there a limit to the size of an
> image POVRay can render.  I'm rendering an image of a chemical structure
> for an exhibit booth.   The image needs to be about 72 cm square.
> 
> Thanks,
> rik

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From: Ken
Subject: Re: Rendering Question
Date: 17 Jun 1999 18:25:01
Message: <37697282.3B083E1F@pacbell.net>
Rik Kline wrote:
> 
> Please pardon the novice question.  Is there a limit to the size of an
> image POVRay can render.  I'm rendering an image of a chemical structure
> for an exhibit booth.   The image needs to be about 72 cm square.
> 
> Thanks,
> rik

Read the printing faq by Corridon Henshaw at:

http://www.myna.com/~gcircle/csbh.html

-- 
Ken Tyler

mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net


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From: ingo
Subject: Re: Rendering Question
Date: 18 Jun 1999 03:19:46
Message: <3769f312@news.povray.org>
>
>Read the printing faq by Corridon Henshaw at:
>
>http://www.myna.com/~gcircle/csbh.html
>
>--
>Ken Tyler
>
>mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

I got a file not found for this link the last weeks.
If somebody has a copy of the faq, could he send it to me?

thanks in advance,

ingo


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From: Ken
Subject: Re: Rendering Question
Date: 18 Jun 1999 04:55:46
Message: <376A06AA.28BCFD55@pacbell.net>
ingo wrote:
> 
> >
> >Read the printing faq by Corridon Henshaw at:
> >
> >http://www.myna.com/~gcircle/csbh.html
> >
> >--
> >Ken Tyler
> >
> >mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net
> 
> I got a file not found for this link the last weeks.
> If somebody has a copy of the faq, could he send it to me?
> 
> thanks in advance,
> 
> ingo

 Corridon posted the Faq in c.g.r.r. a few times. You might find a copy
of it still at the deja news archives. If you find it send me a copy
and I will post it in the faq group.

-- 
Ken Tyler

mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net


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From: ingo
Subject: Re: Rendering Question
Date: 18 Jun 1999 06:07:17
Message: <376a1a55@news.povray.org>
Got it.
ingo
--
Met dank aan de muze met het glazen oog.

> Corridon posted the Faq in c.g.r.r. a few times. You might find a copy
>of it still at the deja news archives. If you find it send me a copy
>and I will post it in the faq group.
>
>--
>Ken Tyler
>
>mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net


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From: Rik Kline
Subject: Re: Rendering Question
Date: 18 Jun 1999 07:39:16
Message: <376A2FA2.C4D0896A@erols.com>
Thanks for the help.

Rik


Bob wrote:

> Only limited by computer memory I believe. What you are going to really have to
consider
> is that printout. Over 2 foot square eh? Going to take the image into a printshop on
> diskette? You'll probably want a resolution in the 5000 by 5000 pixels range, easily
> plausible. Maybe someone has done this, not me, and they would know better
instructions.
>
> Rik Kline wrote:
> >
> > Please pardon the novice question.  Is there a limit to the size of an
> > image POVRay can render.  I'm rendering an image of a chemical structure
> > for an exhibit booth.   The image needs to be about 72 cm square.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > rik
>
> --
>  omniVERSE: beyond the universe
>   http://members.aol.com/inversez/homepage.htm
>  mailto://inversez@aol.com?Subject=PoV-News


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From: Glen Berry
Subject: Re: Rendering Question
Date: 18 Jun 1999 12:33:09
Message: <376d7588.13657584@news.povray.org>
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:57:35 -0400, Rik Kline <rik### [at] erolscom>
wrote:

>Please pardon the novice question.  Is there a limit to the size of an
>image POVRay can render.  I'm rendering an image of a chemical structure
>for an exhibit booth.   The image needs to be about 72 cm square.
>
>Thanks,
>rik

There is a limit on image size, but it is measured in the number of
pixels in the image, not the size of a printed copy in centimeters. In
other words, depending on what resolution you desire, it is possible
in theory to make a print in whatever size you desire.

I think that the maximum image size is possibly 64k x 64k pixels. This
gives more than enough potential resolution to handle your 72cm print
size. If you want to know exactly what size (measured in pixels) to
make your image for an excellent 72cm print, you can either consult
the printing FAQ mentioned by the others here, or you can visit these
links for some additional information:

   http://www.imagers.com/
   http://www.imagers.com/deviceguides.html

This is a commercial service bureau that has several pages of useful
information on their website regarding how to pick appropriate
resolutions, balance color, etc for digital images.

Lastly, if I understand it correctly, the maximum size of the image in
pixels is determined by the file format you save the image in, such as
Targa or PNG. Some formats might have larger sizes available than
others, I suppose.

Later,
Glen Berry


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From: Bob
Subject: Re: Rendering Question
Date: 18 Jun 1999 13:46:16
Message: <376A85BD.6B2558FA@aol.com>
Good things to know, I like to print out my images as I'm sure others do. Thanks Glen
B.


Glen Berry wrote:
> 
> There is a limit on image size, but it is measured in the number of
> pixels in the image, not the size of a printed copy in centimeters. In
> other words, depending on what resolution you desire, it is possible
> in theory to make a print in whatever size you desire.
> 
> I think that the maximum image size is possibly 64k x 64k pixels. This
> gives more than enough potential resolution to handle your 72cm print
> size. If you want to know exactly what size (measured in pixels) to
> make your image for an excellent 72cm print, you can either consult
> the printing FAQ mentioned by the others here, or you can visit these
> links for some additional information:
> 
>    http://www.imagers.com/
>    http://www.imagers.com/deviceguides.html
> 
> This is a commercial service bureau that has several pages of useful
> information on their website regarding how to pick appropriate
> resolutions, balance color, etc for digital images.
> 
> Lastly, if I understand it correctly, the maximum size of the image in
> pixels is determined by the file format you save the image in, such as
> Targa or PNG. Some formats might have larger sizes available than
> others, I suppose.
> 

-- 
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From: Jan Danielsson
Subject: Re: Rendering Question
Date: 18 Jun 1999 14:48:19
Message: <wnaqnavryffbasnyhaznvygryvnpbz.fdjbv51.pminews@news.povray.org>
>Please pardon the novice question.  Is there a limit to the size of an
>image POVRay can render.  I'm rendering an image of a chemical structure
>for an exhibit booth.   The image needs to be about 72 cm square.

Some time ago I was going to render an image at 1024x768 over night. I
started it, and expected it to be finished by morning (It only took a few
minutes at 640x480).

However, next morning it wasn't finished, and my harddrive was full. I had
run the commandline:
[d:\povray\scenes]povray +itest.pov +w1024 +h7688 +a

I'm guessing it wouldn't been a problem if the partition hadn't run out of
space.



Try rendering the scene with Quality set to one first.


 /j


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