POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Preview Mode for POV-Ray : Re: Preview Mode for POV-Ray Server Time
29 Jul 2024 12:15:21 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Preview Mode for POV-Ray  
From: Stephen Lavedas
Date: 28 Feb 1999 21:17:38
Message: <36D9F8F7.5EB70C2C@virginia.edu>
ooohhh.. maybe I could do this for my Senior Thesis... thanks for the
idea, but if I do it, it won't be done until next year at earliest...

Steve


Jim Kress wrote:
> 
> The only annoying thing I run into when using POV-ray is the inability to
> preview my scenes.  I spend a seemingly endless amount of time rendering,
> re-rendering, re-rendering,... just to get the camera and lighting position
> I need.
> 
> OpenGL offers an easy to implement, raster scan technology that could be
> (easily?) implemented in POV-Ray.  It would be ideal for generating previews
> so the user could determine camera, lighting, etc and then do the final
> render with the ray-tracer.  If I knew how to do C++, I'd do it myself but
> since I don't, is there anyone out there who would like to add this
> IMMENSELY useful feature to POV?
> 
> Please, please, please, .....
> 
> --
> Jim
> 
> Check out my web site http://www.kressworks.com/
> It'll blow your mind (politically), stimulate your senses (artistically)
> and provide scientific insights beyond compare!
> 
> Be sure to read the Warp maintained POV VFAQ:
> http://iki.fi/warp/povVFAQ.html


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