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From: Kuiyen
Subject: Changing cameraposition with buttonclicks
Date: 29 May 2008 07:25:00
Message: <web.483e91f22e491e5c7f95207b0@news.povray.org>
Hallo,

What is the API for PovRay?
I want to write a small programm to change the cameraposition with buttonclicks
on a window? ( for example : changing from looking from right of the object to
left )
Later I want to have a window with a slider that can change the cameraangle in
X,Y and Z axises

Does somebody has tips about this?

Thank you


ps: I hope you can understand my english , its been long time since i don't use
it.


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From: Jan Dvorak
Subject: Re: Changing cameraposition with buttonclicks
Date: 29 May 2008 10:58:09
Message: <483ec481@news.povray.org>
Kuiyen napsal(a):
> Hallo,
> 
> What is the API for PovRay?
> I want to write a small programm to change the cameraposition with buttonclicks
> on a window? ( for example : changing from looking from right of the object to
> left )
> Later I want to have a window with a slider that can change the cameraangle in
> X,Y and Z axises
> 
> Does somebody has tips about this?
> 
> Thank you
> 
> 
> ps: I hope you can understand my english , its been long time since i don't use
> it.
> 
> 
The simplest way to do this is to generate a POV file and call POVray to 
generate an image to use. Look at +I and +O command line options.

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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Changing cameraposition with buttonclicks
Date: 29 May 2008 11:08:54
Message: <483ec706@news.povray.org>
Jan Dvorak <jan### [at] centrumcz> wrote:
> -- 
> You know you've been raytracing too long when...
> you refresh your inbox after sending a message
>                 -Johnny D

  This one I didn't get.

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                                                          - Warp


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From: Jan Dvorak
Subject: Re: Changing cameraposition with buttonclicks
Date: 29 May 2008 11:45:47
Message: <483ecfab$1@news.povray.org>
Warp napsal(a):
> Jan Dvorak <jan### [at] centrumcz> wrote:
>> -- 
>> You know you've been raytracing too long when...
>> you refresh your inbox after sending a message
>>                 -Johnny D
> 
>   This one I didn't get.
> 
I will change it to
You know you've been reading newsgroups too long when...

it's not raytracing specific, even at the slightest

-- 
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you start thinking up your own "You know you've been raytracing too long 
when..." sigs (I did).
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From: Tim Attwood
Subject: Re: Changing cameraposition with buttonclicks
Date: 29 May 2008 17:43:44
Message: <483f2390@news.povray.org>
> What is the API for PovRay?

POV is a stand-alone program that can be
invoked from the comand line, not a library
to call from other programs.

It would be easier to calculate a camera
rotation in your own code than to try to
make POV do it for you.
Say for example you have a previously
rendered image 640x480 with a 67.38
degree horizontal viewing angle, and
a 50.54 degree vertical veiwing angle.
Then a click coords on the image (X,Y), this
would mean that the camera could be rotated
to point at that spot...
rotate <(Y/480-0.5)*50.54, (X/640-0.5)*67.38, 0>
all you need to do is keep track of your previous
rotation.


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