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2 Sep 2024 14:14:40 EDT (-0400)
  Re: #declare C=clock; fails motion_blur in MegaPOV  
From: H E  Day
Date: 16 Dec 1999 00:34:29
Message: <385878DD.2D6E16F3@teleport.com>
I've used things like #declare CM = (1-clock) many times with the motion blur
object, inside and out, and I've never had a problem. Go figure.
Keep up the good work!

H.E. Day

Nathan Kopp wrote:

> The way it works is by re-parsing that object multiple times with multiple
> clock values.  I would be very difficult for it to to 'know' which variables
> the user is treating like the clock and even more difficult to know how to
> modify those variables in the way the user would want them modified.  If you
> put your #declare C=clock; WITHIN the motion_blur object, then C things will
> probably work the way you expect.
>
> -Nathan
>
> omniVERSE <inv### [at] aolcom> wrote...
> > Seems odd that the only way 'motion_blur'  works is to use the keyword
> > 'clock' and nothing else.  Is this intended?  I guess it was not written
> up
> > to accept anything else, user defined, such as Clock or MotionClock, etc.
> > for the transformations.
> > May as well say that it sure is a great new feature though while I'm
> talking
> > about it, and ask if this might become independant of the global settings
> in
> > a future version.
> >
> > Bob
> > --
> > // omniVERSE
> > // http://users.aol.com/inversez/
> >
> >
> >


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