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10 Oct 2025 00:45:25 EDT (-0400)
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From: Paul Bourke
Date: 6 Oct 2025 03:05:00
Message: <web.68e3695d526a3701f518fc70784a083c@news.povray.org>
I have the need for a custom camera, specifically an omni directional
stereoscopic panorama (cylindrical, not equirectangular). I've done this in the
long distant past by modifying the source and building my own version.

I thought I would try the mesh_camera but it seems not as useful as I imagined.
I can readily create the meshes and am getting the right results but ...

1. Loading the mesh takes a very long time for high resolution images. The LED
cylinder I'm creating for is 12816x2048 pixels, even for 1/4 resolution tests
the mesh loading takes longer than the rendering and it's probably 16x longer
for the full resolution.

2. Is there there still no efficient/clean way to do antialising.

Am I missing something?


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