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  Re: A problem: about the image shape of the output.  
From: POV-Zhstar
Date: 2 May 2010 23:45:01
Message: <web.4bde462d3f56d0c5582639f90@news.povray.org>
clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Am 02.05.2010 16:43, schrieb POV-Zhstar:
Thanks!
> The "angle" keyword is intended to be used for "zooming" in on an image
> without having to fiddle with the other camera parameters - and that's
> all it does. The value you specify here will be the /horizontal/ opening
> angle of the camera frustrum, which will remain pyramidal in shape
> (typically with a rectangular base) at least with the standard
> perspective camera, i.e. the image will remain rectangular.

Oh, I thought it was in conical shape, which caused my puzzle.


> If you need a circular-shaped image, you'll need to post-process it in
> your favorite image manipulation software.
Thanks. Could you give some suggestions about how to get such circular-shaped
image?


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