"Tom Melly" <tom### [at] tomandlucouk> wrote in message
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> Yes, but as RP pointed out, it can be too easy to produce a nice,
unstructured
> abstract with just a few lines of code. Of course, they still have the
option of
> a nice fractal landscape that somehow spells out "POV 3.5".....
>

Hence, have judging so that people will pick out the coolest/best/ most
innovative.
Yet, wide open, so that people can see all the wild things that ARE
possible.  If it's limited to text, really why bother at all?

(IMHO, yes povray's strengths do include the ability to make photorealistic
renders from Poser, and super-advanced DXF modellers. BUT if I were to see a
box of povray in the store, and what I saw was exacting detail of the Taj
Mahal and a note that said that image required 100Mb of meshes, I'd be
ho-hum, next freeware please.   Seeing the VARIETY of what a genius can do
with a few lines is better, IMHO).


BTW:  I'm just one opinionated dork.  If someone more popular wants to
officially host it, by all means...

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:> Of course, they still have the option of
:> a nice fractal landscape that somehow spells out "POV 3.5".....

: Looks possible with modified Warp's sig :-)

  Have you rendered fractals3.pov in scenes\textures\patterns? It's half of
that.

-- 
#macro M(A,N,D,L)plane{-z,-9pigment{mandel L*9translate N color_map{[0rgb x]
[1rgb 9]}scale<D,D*3D>*1e3}rotate y*A*8}#end M(-3<1.206434.28623>70,7)M(
-1<.7438.1795>1,20)M(1<.77595.13699>30,20)M(3<.75923.07145>80,99)// - Warp -

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Tom Melly <tom### [at] tomandlucouk> wrote:
: 1. Wait until 3.5 is officially released

  As he said: Do we have to wait a half year for this comp? *yawn*

: 2. The file should illustrate a phrase - e.g. "POV 3.5"

  IMO this limits creativity just too much.

-- 
#macro M(A,N,D,L)plane{-z,-9pigment{mandel L*9translate N color_map{[0rgb x]
[1rgb 9]}scale<D,D*3D>*1e3}rotate y*A*8}#end M(-3<1.206434.28623>70,7)M(
-1<.7438.1795>1,20)M(1<.77595.13699>30,20)M(3<.75923.07145>80,99)// - Warp -

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On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 11:52:06 -0500, Greg M. Johnson wrote:
> "Tom Melly" <tom### [at] tomandlucouk> wrote in message
> news:3c4c2778$1@news.povray.org...
>> 1. Wait until 3.5 is officially released
>>
> 
> Well, is that  a half dozen weeks or a half dozen months??

"yes"

-- 
#macro R(L P)sphere{L F}cylinder{L P F}#end#macro P(V)merge{R(z+a z)R(-z a-z)R(a
-z-z-z a+z)torus{1F clipped_by{plane{a 0}}}translate V}#end#macro Z(a F T)merge{
P(z+a)P(z-a)R(-z-z-x a)pigment{rgbt 1}hollow interior{media{emission T}}finish{
reflection.1}}#end Z(-x-x.2y)Z(-x-x.4x)camera{location z*-10rotate x*90}

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On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 13:11:10 -0500, Greg M. Johnson wrote:
> Yet, wide open, so that people can see all the wild things that ARE
> possible.  If it's limited to text, really why bother at all?

I wouldn't say text is really a limitation.  Look at the various ways I've
found to express a couple characters.  Look at Warp's sig.

-- 
plane{-z,-3normal{crackle scale.2#local a=5;#while(a)warp{repeat x flip x}rotate
z*60#local a=a-1;#end translate-9*x}pigment{rgb 1}}light_source{-9red 1rotate 60
*z}light_source{-9rgb y rotate-z*60}light_source{9-z*18rgb z}text{ttf"arial.ttf"
"RP".01,0translate-<.6,.4,.02>pigment{bozo}}light_source{-z*3rgb-.2}//Ron Parker

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With regard to fonts, etc., perhaps you should repost some rules to clarify this
issue. Ditto for subject matter (if this is to be set).

>
>
> > > 1) An 800 x 600 jpg of your pov file will be prepared.
> > I assume you will be adding global_settings{assumed_gamma 1} to all the
> entrants?
> >
>
> I'm really ignorant on this one:  why is it important?

To ensure all entrants are rendered with the gamma intended by the entrant.

MJL

--
prism{0,.1,30#local I=1;#while(I<30)#local B=asc(substr(// Mark James Lewin
"#K?U_u`V[RG>3<9DGPL.0EObkcPF'",I,1))-33;<div(B,10)-4mod(B,10)+5*div(I,21)-
6>#local I=I+1;#end,-4pigment{rgb 9}rotate-x*90translate 15*z}//POV-Ray 3.5

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On 21 Jan 2002 16:01:11 -0500, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> > 2. The file should illustrate a phrase - e.g. "POV 3.5"
>  IMO this limits creativity just too much.

What about 'jungle', 'kitchen', 'sea' or 'worlds within worlds' topics ? :-)

ABX

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: What about 'jungle', 'kitchen', 'sea' or 'worlds within worlds' topics ? :-)

  Only if it becomes a regular competition.
  IMO the first one should be free, to see what people can do.

-- 
#macro N(D)#if(D>99)cylinder{M()#local D=div(D,104);M().5,2pigment{rgb M()}}
N(D)#end#end#macro M()<mod(D,13)-6mod(div(D,13)8)-3,10>#end blob{
N(11117333955)N(4254934330)N(3900569407)N(7382340)N(3358)N(970)}//  - Warp -

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"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message news:3c4d4876@news.povray.org...
>   Only if it becomes a regular competition.
>   IMO the first one should be free, to see what people can do.
>

I think that they meant that having a topic wasn't necesserily a limitation....

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On 2002-01-21 22:06, Ron Parker <ron### [at] povrayorg> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 11:52:06 -0500, Greg M. Johnson wrote:
>> "Tom Melly" <tom### [at] tomandlucouk> wrote in message
>> news:3c4c2778$1@news.povray.org...
>>> 1. Wait until 3.5 is officially released
>>>
>> 
>> Well, is that  a half dozen weeks or a half dozen months??
> 
> "yes"

I bet against it :-)

	hp

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