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I'd like to know who the guys are and where they hang out, who waste as much
time with Povray as I do.
(Instead of creating everything faster and more conveniently with the "B-Thing")
We could use this opportunity to network better (see socials below), exchange
code and ideas and perhaps reach our goals faster.
My name is Martin Seydler, I am from Cologne/Germany, half a century old,
professional programmer for websites, PHP, HTML, Javascript.
My English is in need of improvement, in fact I translate most of my texts with
online tools.
Sometimes I don't povray at all for months/years, and then (like right now) I
can't keep my hands off it, even though I really have more important real-life
things to do.
I don't create realistic images, I mostly work on space-related animations.
I just like it when something moves, even if it looks a bit comic-like or ugly.
Povray-Strengths
- Programming
- Animations
- Building oversized packages/projects that will never be finished
Povray-Weaknesses
- Modelling
- Textures
- Details + Little Things
Blog, under (re-) construction, with (even) more Povray inside soon
https://www.maetes.com/en/
Socials
https://bsky.app/profile/martinseydler.bsky.social
https://www.youtube.com/@mates3381
I hope for many outings.
Greetings from Cologne,
Maetes
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"Maetes" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> I'd like to know who the guys are and where they hang out, who waste as much
> time with Povray as I do.
There's a Discord server that a guy set up.
https://discord.com/channels/1314335502870118423/1319503858078318592
Also there's a liberachat IRC channel.
Maybe there's more.
There are a few university professors who see the value in using POV-Ray.
It would be great to recruit people to post HERE more.
> Povray-Strengths
> - Programming
> - Animations
> - Building oversized packages/projects that will never be finished
Welcome aboard. There are a few like-minded individuals who'd like to kick
start some collaborative work. We can't do _everything_ by ourselves . . .
- BW
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On 5/6/25 21:37, Maetes wrote:
> We could use this opportunity to network better (see socials below), exchange
> code and ideas and perhaps reach our goals faster.
I feel quite alone on the Mastodon network...
@tth### [at] mastodon tetaneutralnet
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* tTh des Bourtoulots *
* http://maison.tth.netlib.re/ *
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"Maetes" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> I'd like to know who the guys are and where they hang out, who waste as much
> time with Povray as I do.
> (Instead of creating everything faster and more conveniently with the "B-Thing")
>
> We could use this opportunity to network better (see socials below), exchange
> code and ideas and perhaps reach our goals faster.
>
> My name is Martin Seydler, I am from Cologne/Germany, half a century old,
> professional programmer for websites, PHP, HTML, Javascript.
> My English is in need of improvement, in fact I translate most of my texts with
> online tools.
Your English is fine. What I know of German is all wrong! So I've been told.
>
> Sometimes I don't povray at all for months/years, and then (like right now) I
> can't keep my hands off it, even though I really have more important real-life
> things to do.
> I don't create realistic images, I mostly work on space-related animations.
> I just like it when something moves, even if it looks a bit comic-like or ugly.
I'm the same I spent a whole month on a simple realistic scene one time and it
still look fake.
>
> Povray-Strengths
> - Programming
> - Animations
> - Building oversized packages/projects that will never be finished
>
Was going to write something here but couldn't think of any thing.
> Povray-Weaknesses
> - Modelling
> - Textures
> - Details + Little Things
>
> Blog, under (re-) construction, with (even) more Povray inside soon
> https://www.maetes.com/en/
>
> Socials
> https://bsky.app/profile/martinseydler.bsky.social
> https://www.youtube.com/@mates3381
>
> I hope for many outings.
>
> Greetings from Cologne,
> Maetes
Sorry! No time to talk got a new project under way.
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Op 06/05/2025 om 21:37 schreef Maetes:
> I'd like to know who the guys are and where they hang out, who waste as much
> time with Povray as I do.
> (Instead of creating everything faster and more conveniently with the "B-Thing")
>
> We could use this opportunity to network better (see socials below), exchange
> code and ideas and perhaps reach our goals faster.
>
I am from the Netherlands where I was born (almost) 79 years ago.
I have been a heavy POV-Ray user since the late nineties but for a
couple of years now my activity has gradually decreased and is
indefinitely on hold at the moment. However, I still love to visit these
newsgroups regularly and see what is happening. :}
Greetings to all!
--
Thomas
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"Maetes" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> I'd like to know who the guys are and where they hang out, who waste as much
> time with Povray as I do.
Moin Martin,
just like Thomas a neighbour of you from the west.
The thing is, I've never wasted time with POV-Ray ;)
regarding all the social channels, this news group is just fine. The one thing I
don't like on the "modern web" is the amount of fragmentation in these things.
ingo
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On Tue, 6 May 2025 15:37:36 EDT, Maetes wrote:
> I'd like to know who the guys are and where they hang out, who waste as
> much time with Povray as I do.
> (Instead of creating everything faster and more conveniently with the
> "B-Thing")
I've been a user of POV-Ray for .... damn, 35 years now. I first
encountered it in college (I was an aspiring engineering student with a
386dx33 with a math coprocessor).
I haven't really done much with it lately - it comes and goes for me, like
most people (I have so many technology interests that they all phase in
and out at different times). Back in the day, I did most of my modeling
with Moray.
> My name is Martin Seydler, I am from Cologne/Germany, half a century
> old, professional programmer for websites, PHP, HTML, Javascript.
> My English is in need of improvement, in fact I translate most of my
> texts with online tools.
Your English (or the translator you're using) is very good. :) I'm Jim,
currently living about an hour outside Seattle, Washington. I'm in my
mid-50s, and professionally I have done a lot of things over the years -
from IT work (early in my career) to technical writing, training delivery/
development, and professional certification program management. Today I
consult on certification development and technical training projects.
> Povray-Strengths - Programming - Animations - Building oversized
> packages/projects that will never be finished
These days there probably aren't many strengths with POV-Ray in my
toolbox, largely due to skills attrition. Over the course of my life,
though, I've learned a lot of different programming languages, so getting
back into SDL probably wouldn't be difficult for me.
> Povray-Weaknesses - Modelling - Textures - Details + Little Things
Textures, definitely for me. I'm not particularly strong with SDL because
historically I've used visual modeling tools (Blender is my tool of choice
now, but I don't tend to render those images with POV-Ray - I have a GPU
that can do good high-quality renders with Cycles instead for my needs).
Jim
--
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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