In article <dcjlkus5pqib9qki580u4062matoh3atbl@4ax.com>,
 ABX <abx### [at] babilonorg> wrote:

> On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 19:11:36 +0200, "Gilles Tran" <tra### [at] inapginrafr> wrote:
> > Disadvantages
> > - requires basic programming/scripting talent
> 
> disadvantage ? it is the most funny thing for some :-)

That it requires it? Yes, that is a definite disadvantage. Fortunately, 
it is fairly easy to learn.


> > - raytracing is still too slow for professional animation purposes
> 
> watching can be considered as type of meditation

Most people don't get paid to meditate...


> > - no native support for usual industry 3d file formats ; script not readable
> >   by other apps
> 
> I agree about import but is script export so important ? so often repeated
> 'POV is raytracer not modeler' suggest the way how files should flow :-)

"importing" isn't a problem, it is quite easy to automatically write POV 
script. The problem is finding tools to do so. It would be nice if some 
of the more standard formats were supported directly, though. It's just 
a lot of work to implement...

Agreed about export...it just isn't needed much.

-- 
Christopher James Huff <chr### [at] maccom>
POV-Ray TAG e-mail: chr### [at] tagpovrayorg
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