"Mike Sobers" <sob### [at] mindspringcom> wrote in message 
news:web.45b98297f5b25ffebb1c02580@news.povray.org...
> Yes, I know what you mean about the perspective.  I was trying to show off
> the soft shadows and it didn't look right from above.  Maybe i'll lift the
> letters off the plane a bit to see if that helps.  Or, possibly stand the
> letters up and view them from the front.  I don't want to go totally
> orthographic in this case, since I want to maintain the 3D look. I find
> that setting the camera back and using a small camera angle helps keep it
> looking "close" to orthographic but not quite (if that makes sense).

I did some titles for a quicktime slideshow I was putting togeather. I found 
that looking straight on, with the text just slightly raised above the plane 
using an area_light  off to the left looked quite nice .... give it a try!

Jim

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