I know that POV-ray saves the .bmp, or .png files of rendered scenes in
the directory of the original .pov files.  I also know how to create a
default folder for images.  But is there a way to get POV-ray to prompt
me where to save the image every time I render a scene?  Or can I make
it work like bCAD: render the scene without saving the image and let me
decide whether to save it as a file or not.

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On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 15:05:43 -0700, Kaganovich wrote:
>I know that POV-ray saves the .bmp, or .png files of rendered scenes in
>the directory of the original .pov files.  I also know how to create a
>default folder for images.  But is there a way to get POV-ray to prompt
>me where to save the image every time I render a scene?  Or can I make
>it work like bCAD: render the scene without saving the image and let me
>decide whether to save it as a file or not.
>

I'm using linux, and in my equivelant of the ini file I have a setting
Output_to_File=true I'm sure that you have the same sort of thing over
there that you can put in your povray.ini file and set to false.   
Just try the pasting the keyword from above and see if it works.  And 
then there's always the good old documentation which comes with POV and
if that fails you your question may be answered in Warp's VFAQ at: 

http://iki.fi/warp/povVFAQ/ 
 
I'm sure a windows bod will be along in a minute and give you a better 
answer than myself. 

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Kaganovich wrote:
> 
> default folder for images.  But is there a way to get POV-ray to prompt
> me where to save the image every time I render a scene? 

I assume you use POVWin, in which case you could create an INI file similar to
quickres.ini (the one that lets you pick resolutions via the GUI dropdown list).
See the quickres file an ini file documentation for syntax info, it's really
straightforward. Something like:

[First directory]
Output_File_Name=c:\blah\first_directory\
[Second directory]
Output_File_Name=c:\bleargh\second_directory\

Then you select your ini file in the render settings menu and the dropdown list
should contain your choice of directory destinations.

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Kaganovich <kag### [at] flashcomnet> wrote:
: But is there a way to get POV-ray to prompt
: me where to save the image every time I render a scene?

  That would be a real pain in the a** when doing test renders...

  Why do you want to do this? It shouldn't matter whether povray saves the
image or not.

-- 
main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
):_;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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Warp wrote:

>   Why do you want to do this? It shouldn't matter whether povray saves the
> image or not.
>

Well, I often make an image, change the file slightly, and want to make a new
image, but the new image replaces the old one, so I have to manually rename
the first image or move it to a different folder; or I have to rename the file
after minor changes. For example, if I want to get different views, I may
simply change the camera angle. But that's why ideally for test renders, I
would like POV-ray not to save the image at all until I first look at it and
request that it gets saved.

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Kaganovich <kag### [at] flashcomnet> wrote:
: Well, I often make an image, change the file slightly, and want to make a new
: image, but the new image replaces the old one, so I have to manually rename
: the first image or move it to a different folder; or I have to rename the file
: after minor changes.

  You can change the name of the output image using the command line
parameter +O.
  In Winpov, use alt-c to get that field quickly (was it alt-c? I'm not sure
anymore; anyways, you can see the shortcut in the proper menu anyways).

-- 
main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
):_;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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Warp wrote:

>   You can change the name of the output image using the command line
> parameter +O.
>   In Winpov, use alt-c to get that field quickly (was it alt-c? I'm not sure
> anymore; anyways, you can see the shortcut in the proper menu anyways).

Excellent well. Yeah, y'all assumed correctly that I use WinPov 3.1, and the
shortcut is indeed alt-c, though there's a button in a toolbar to bring up the
field.  At least now I can decide whether I want to save my generated images under a
different name. Thanks for the help.

p.s. If anyone's got even better suggestions, such as how to test render without
saving, I'm still open to them.

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| p.s. If anyone's got even better suggestions, such as how to test render
without
| saving, I'm still open to them.

That's command-line switch  -F

Bob

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