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  Re: New camera, or new camera docs illustrations.  
From: Chambers
Date: 3 Jun 2009 00:10:41
Message: <4a25f7c1@news.povray.org>
scott wrote:
>>> Of course you can, but it's usually by some contrived method
>>
>>  I wouldn't consider cropping an image "contrived", but whatever.
> 
> How do you work out what to type in for +w and +h to start with?  YOu 
> need to go and find the correct camera block for the render, which is 
> often not trivial for complex scenes due to multiple cameras being 
> defined in different files.  Then you need to wait for the render, and 
> start up a separate image editing program.  Is all that really necessary 
> when you just want to put the image on your desktop?  It certainly seems 
> unnecessary to me.

It is unnecessary.  If you just want to put the image on your desktop, 
all you have to do is right-click, and choose "Use as desktop."  Problem 
solved, POV isn't even necessary.

-- 
Chambers


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