> 1)  I know it's possible to render parts of an image using command
line
> switches.  However, if I send parts of a picture to different
computers,
> this is going to mess up anti-aliasing, correct?  I suppose this could
be
> avoided by post-processing.  Or is there a way to do anti-aliasing in
this
> situation?

Antialiasing won't get messed up, but radiosity will.

> 2)  Do I need to write my own routines to stitch the picture back
together,
> or is there any easy way to accomplish this?

It's probably easiest if you write the routines yourself.  To make it
nice and easy, I would suggest making POV output an uncompressed bitmap.

> 3)  I would like to support any platform that can run Povray.  What is
the
> best way to tell POV to render a file?  Should I just pass it a
command
> line?  If that's the case, are all the command lines the same across
> platforms or would I need separate commands for Linus, Windows, etc.?

I believe they are all the same, with the possible exception of display
parameters (?).  All the important ones are the same, anyway.

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