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Ben Martens wrote:

> I'm tossing around ideas for a .NET programming contest.  One idea was to
> build a distributed POV system based on .NET.  I've seen quite a few
> systems
> that do this with other architectures.  In my random thoughts so far, I've
> come across two potential problems.  If anyone can offer any advice I
> would really appreciate it:
> 
> 1)  I know it's possible to render parts of an image using command line
> switches.  However, if I send parts of a picture to different computers,
> this is going to mess up anti-aliasing, correct?  I suppose this could be
> avoided by post-processing.  Or is there a way to do anti-aliasing in this
> situation?
> 
> 2)  Do I need to write my own routines to stitch the picture back
> together, or is there any easy way to accomplish this?
> 
> 3)  I would like to support any platform that can run Povray.  What is the
> best way to tell POV to render a file?  Should I just pass it a command
> line?  If that's the case, are all the command lines the same across
> platforms or would I need separate commands for Linus, Windows, etc.?
> 
> Thank you for any help,
> -Ben
> http://bwmartens.tripod.com

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