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] mastodontetaneutralnet

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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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> 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")
>

A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I used to spend lots 
of time on POV, but nowadays, free time is mostly spent yelling at the 
kids to do their homework, clean their rooms, or go to bed.

My 12 year old is already much better with the B-Thing than I am with 
POV, but old habits die hard...

> 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.
>

secret lair in the suburbs of Montreal, Canada, where I am plotting 
taking over the world.

Studied to be a mechanical engineer, but took a wrong turn and ended up 
doing IT stuff (mostly networking) for the last 30 years.

There was a time where I could write programs in C or C++, but nowadays, 
I rarely have to do anything more complicated than a few Excel formulas.


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