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  Re: The Orthographic Decapitation  
From: James Holsenback
Date: 17 Dec 2012 12:15:28
Message: <50cf5330@news.povray.org>
On 12/17/2012 10:23 AM, gregjohn wrote:
> clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
>> Am 17.12.2012 13:54, schrieb gregjohn:
>>> May I say that this whole thread supports my claim that the camera docs, notably
>>> the diagram, don't explain what it the orthographic camera does?  I presume
>>> everyone posting in this thread has in fact RTFM.
>>
>> The diagram indeed only explains the standard perspective camera.
>
> Okay, so the community (if not me) should cough up a diagram that explains
> exactly what orthographic is up to.
>
> But even the standard camera doc/diagram piles on both critically needed
> parameters, and I-guess-if-you-need-to-specify-it-that-way parameters, without
> explaining how the redundant ones interact with the critical ones or which order
> is critical,   into one big pile.
> up / right/ angle/ position/ look_at, etc.

You guys come up with something and I'll make sure it finds it's way 
into the docs ...


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