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From: Saadat Saeed
Subject: Re: Help with povray!
Date: 23 May 2000 04:39:18
Message: <392A42B8.BDB1D742@batelco.com.bh>
Try starting with the POV manuals for the standard version of POV. I
started out that way..... and am improving (I hope)!

BR/Saadat

Psychomek wrote:

> Help i need tutorials for Megapov 0.5 out the wazoo cause i can't seem
> to get through my thick skull how to do the Pov script.
> I need this in a tutorial:
>             1. Language simple enough for a 4 yo could understand
>             2. one that assumes that you know absolutely nothing about
> the code.
>             3. one that is understandable after being awake 36 hours.
>             4. and it should include Media, Isosurface, photons, and
> most desperately TEXTURES (Can't figure them out)
>
> So please help me!  I'm almost at my wits end i have tried reading the
> Povray manual but after 12 hours of work it is totally confusing.
> please help me!


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From: Psychomek
Subject: Re: Help with povray!
Date: 24 May 2000 09:30:34
Message: <392C0555.B439B18A@home.com>
Tried that but for some reason it is just not clicking in my head. :{

Saadat Saeed wrote:

> Try starting with the POV manuals for the standard version of POV. I
> started out that way..... and am improving (I hope)!
>
> BR/Saadat
>
> Psychomek wrote:
>
> > Help i need tutorials for Megapov 0.5 out the wazoo cause i can't seem
> > to get through my thick skull how to do the Pov script.
> > I need this in a tutorial:
> >             1. Language simple enough for a 4 yo could understand
> >             2. one that assumes that you know absolutely nothing about
> > the code.
> >             3. one that is understandable after being awake 36 hours.
> >             4. and it should include Media, Isosurface, photons, and
> > most desperately TEXTURES (Can't figure them out)
> >
> > So please help me!  I'm almost at my wits end i have tried reading the
> > Povray manual but after 12 hours of work it is totally confusing.
> > please help me!


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From: Phil Clute
Subject: Re: Help with povray!
Date: 24 May 2000 14:22:06
Message: <392C1EA6.C3B78DC1@tiac.net>
For Isosurfaces definately start at Samuel's site:
http://members.aol.com/stbenge/
...and then move over to Mike's page:
http://www.econym.demon.co.uk/isotut/

Just go through each lesson one at a time and try them out. I still
think isosurfaces are confusing but I understand how to use them better
and I'm learning more all them time. I would like to understand more
clearly why each thing works the way it does... for instance why does
"abs" mirror the opposite side, or why does "&" cause an intersection?
etc.

-- 
Phil
...coffee?...yes please! extra sugar,extra cream...Thank you.


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From: Karl Pelzer
Subject: Re: Help with povray!
Date: 13 Jul 2000 02:35:48
Message: <396D63A7.89A33CDF@t-online.de>
Try to analyze the sample scenes coming along with standard POV. Simply
manipulate them a bit and look what happens. Remember that you can
comment out the old code with "//". So it is easy to undo your
manipulation.
If you manipulate a certain instruction you can read the according
paragraph in the manual.
I know that might be hard, but it works. I hope you have a fast enough
computer for your testings ;-)

Karl


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From: Ian Witham
Subject: Re: Help with povray!
Date: 13 Jul 2000 10:02:54
Message: <396dcc0e@news.povray.org>
> Try to analyze the sample scenes coming along with standard POV. Simply
> manipulate them a bit and look what happens. Remember that you can
> comment out the old code with "file://". So it is easy to undo your
> manipulation.

How strange.. surely you mean "//" not "file://"?


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From: Marc-Hendrik Bremer
Subject: Re: Help with povray!
Date: 13 Jul 2000 12:54:04
Message: <396df42c$1@news.povray.org>
That was probably your Newsreader, which 'thought' this was the beginning of
a link and extended it. OE does something like that at least.

Marc-Hendrik

Ian Witham schrieb in Nachricht <396dcc0e@news.povray.org>...

>How strange.. surely you mean "//" not "file://"?
>
>


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From: Ian Witham
Subject: Re: Help with povray!
Date: 13 Jul 2000 18:50:36
Message: <396e47bc@news.povray.org>
"Marc-Hendrik Bremer" <Mar### [at] t-onlinede> wrote in message
news:396df42c$1@news.povray.org...
> That was probably your Newsreader, which 'thought' this was the beginning
of
> a link and extended it. OE does something like that at least.
> >

Stranger still... I just installed the new version of OE and now the message
reads properly "//" cool!


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From: Bob Hughes
Subject: Re: Help with povray!
Date: 14 Jul 2000 21:32:08
Message: <396fbf18@news.povray.org>
"Ian Witham" <ian### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
news:396e47bc@news.povray.org...
|
| Stranger still... I just installed the new version of OE and now the message
| reads properly "//" cool!

file://Not for me it doesn't, and I just D/L the IE 5.01 SP1 a few days ago.
Is that the 5.5 beta by any chance?  Never mind, it is.  I just now looked at
your message post properties.  Well that's good news then, thanks for the
insight.

Bob


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From: Bob Hughes
Subject: Re: Help with povray!
Date: 15 Jul 2000 07:04:20
Message: <39704534@news.povray.org>
"Bob Hughes" <per### [at] aolcom?subject=PoV-News:> wrote in message
news:396fbf18@news.povray.org...
| "Ian Witham" <ian### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
| news:396e47bc@news.povray.org...
| |
| | Stranger still... I just installed the new version of OE and now the
message
| | reads properly "//" cool!
|
| file://Not for me it doesn't, and I just D/L the IE 5.01 SP1 a few days ago.
| Is that the 5.5 beta by any chance?  Never mind, it is.  I just now looked at
| your message post properties.  Well that's good news then, thanks for the
| insight.

Forget what I said (secondly anyway) because I hadn't realized my OE was now at
version 5.5 despite IE only being 5.01 still.  Maybe it's the IE version that
matters?  This is OT so maybe I should ask in povray.off-topic while there's a
recent IE 5.5 discussion.

Bob


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From: Wilson Reis
Subject: Re: Help with povray!
Date: 7 Oct 2001 23:21:31
Message: <3bc11bbb@news.povray.org>
Well, it's not clear for me if it was a question or a statement, but i think
i could explain that "abs" and "&" thing.

Will
Horrible POVer
Horrible writing in english
Fairly decent math student


"Phil Clute" <pcl### [at] tiacnet> escreveu na mensagem
news:392C1EA6.C3B78DC1@tiac.net...
> For Isosurfaces definately start at Samuel's site:
> http://members.aol.com/stbenge/
> ...and then move over to Mike's page:
> http://www.econym.demon.co.uk/isotut/
>
> Just go through each lesson one at a time and try them out. I still
> think isosurfaces are confusing but I understand how to use them better
> and I'm learning more all them time. I would like to understand more
> clearly why each thing works the way it does... for instance why does
> "abs" mirror the opposite side, or why does "&" cause an intersection?
> etc.
>
> --
> Phil
> ...coffee?...yes please! extra sugar,extra cream...Thank you.


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