POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.object-collection : Caption 1.1 : Re: Caption 1.1 Server Time
18 Apr 2024 01:09:57 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Caption 1.1  
From: Mike Horvath
Date: 13 Nov 2016 23:42:01
Message: <58294099$1@news.povray.org>
On 5/7/2016 8:53 PM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> Recently, in another Object Collection module, I deprecated a global parameter
> that should have been applied as needed to each object, i.e., a macro argument.
> For this update, I introduce a global parameter.  Always a judgment call.
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> In Caption 1.0.1 and earlier, a caption with descenders and a caption without
> descenders will not center on the same baseline.  A global parameter seemed
> right in this case for maintaining consistency between macro calls.  Of course,
> the same result can be achieved by passing the same value in every macro call,
> but at what point does adding yet another argument make sticking to a principle
> more unwieldy that it's worth?
>
> In Caption version 1.1:
>  - The top padding may differ from the bottom padding.
>  - There is an option to pad around the font metrics rather than the
>    text itself.
>  - A texture may be obtained without being attached to an object.
>
>
http://lib.povray.org/searchcollection/index2.php?objectName=Caption&contributorTag=Cousin%20Ricky
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Does your caption script work when using focal blur?

Mike


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