POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Where are all the Povrayers? : Re: Where are all the Povrayers? Server Time
9 May 2025 08:59:01 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Where are all the Povrayers?  
From: Leroy
Date: 6 May 2025 19:40:00
Message: <web.681a9c918d56e712763de64bf712fc00@news.povray.org>
"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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