Hello, I was wondering if anyone would like to work on a macro for me, which I
think would greatly help character animation with povray for everyone.

PROPERTIES:
Inputs:
1) an array of five variable vectors. X,Y,Z,T,C, where X,Y,Z are where the point
is supposed to be at time Tn, and C is a control variable.
2) a specific time value T

Output: a vector of three variables: X,Y,Z

1) For every element in the array Xn,Yn,Zn,Tn,Cn  when F(T=Tn) is requested, it
spits out precisely <Xn,Yn,Zn>
2) When  F(Tj) is requested and Tj is not in the list of Tn's, then, between
Xn-1 and Xn, it spits out an <X,Y,Z> which:
a) if Cn=1, then a smooth arc between Xn-1 and Xn+1,
b) if Cn=0, then there is an "ease in" to the point <Xn,Yn,Zn> with time. such
that there is a high speed at the midpoint between Xn-1 and Xn, but the
velocity approaches zero as it gets to Xn.

I can show a classic case of where my M.I.M.E. Man animation looked quite lame
when I was swinging a fist across an arc. It went via a staight line to the
midpoint, and slowed down to the midpoint.  What I'm hoping for is an easy
control where one can just create an array of five-element vectors, and then
call it with a specific clock value.

I've done pieces of this myself, but haven't been able to get it all together.
Just wondering if such a system would benefit anyone else.

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