I'll address all queries/comments in one email to avoid clutter...

1. "What, no transforms.inc?". What do potential entrants think, should #include
of standard POVRay distribution files be allowed? It was allowed in round 3 and
not in round 4, didn't seem to be a problem. Is transforms.inc for an animation
round a special case?

2. Query about why should the frame rate come into it. Well there are different
types of animation, for some types of movement smooth is good/required, for
others it would just happen all to fast. I need to impose some sort of limit on
the number of frames for practical purposes, having a frame rate permits slide
show style up to smooth (probably periodic) action over a short period. Another
way to answer the original query "I wouldn't want someone to lose out based on a
clueless choice in frame rate" .... I don't expect "clueless' people to
enter. :-)

3. Regarding typos, thanks ... that is the very reason for putting it online and
asking for feedback.

4. "Upload files rather than copy-pasting the file contents into textfields". I
appreciate the point and I used that a little while back for another process
and ended up with a surprising number of problems with different browsers. The
copy/paste seemed to work fine in the previous rounds and on the basis that
I'll reuse the automated system I developed for that, I'm inclined to leave it
as it is.

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