"Gilles Tran" <gitran_nospam_@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message
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> > Why can't I render my image, (1450x1024), and then change to a
> > different <read: much higher> res, and then use the internal drag
in
> > the render window (winPoV), to produce my close-up images? Will
this
> > work, and can I do this? It seems so much easier if allowed.
>
> You can obviously do that if you want (the rules just state what you
have to
> provide, how you do that is up to you), it's just that declaring the
area
> using the mouse isn't very precise. In any case, if speed isn't an
issue,
> you can render an area big enough using the manual way and then crop
out the
> area to get the detail part in an editing program. In fact that's
what I'd
> do if I were participating (I'm doing a lot of detail views, and I
always
> spend some time deciding on the exact area). Be sure to remember the
pixel
> co-ordinates though, as these are required in the submission form.

  Thank you very much Gilles, I'll give it some thought and practice
before I continue.

    ~Steve~


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