In article <3d659825$1@news.povray.org>,
 "Miguel A. Mota" <wwh### [at] Hotmailcom> wrote:

> 1.) Is there a gui for Linux like windows? ( I know how to use the console
> part)

As far as I know, the only GUI is a preview that shows the image 
currently rendering, nothing as fancy as the Windows or Mac versions. 
I've never actually used it though, it could be more.


> 2.) Is it possible to render video and animations?

Yes, look in the manual. There is a "Making Animations" tutorial and a 
reference for all the animation options.


> 3.) How can I convert existing images (bmp, jpg, gif, png,) to pov format?

You don't. A .pov file is a description of the 3D scene to be rendered, 
an image is just a picture, a collection of color values over a 2D grid.

You can use images as input in a scene, to define the height of a height 
field, or the color or pattern of a texture for example. The Windows 
version supports BMP files, I don't know about the Linux version. JPEG, 
GIF, and PNG are supported by all platforms.


> 4.) I can't render certain file because povray complains about no ini file,
> any ideas?

That's probably not what it is complaining about, it is most likely just 
an unrelated warning. Give the exact error, make sure it is an error and 
not a warning, and make sure you don't miss any other errors. If it is 
one of the standard scene files, tell us which one, otherwise try to 
trim it down to the smallest scene that shows the problem. Also give the 
settings you used to render it.

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