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From: penang
Subject: Newbie looking for tutorials
Date: 20 Oct 2003 04:49:24
Message: <oj38pvggh4ji642khj5nrlitf4qgcpg23s@4ax.com>
Hi to all the gurus !

I am a newbie. I repeat, I am a really, really, brand new newbie. Just getting up to
learn rendering, ray tracing, modelling, etc.

I am looking for online tutorials for modelling, POVRAY, rendering, ray tracing, ....
in other words, I am looking for tutorials that cover everything including
the kitchen sink. :)

Can anyone here help out, please ?

No, I don't have a lot of money to spare, so books ($$$$) is out of the question. All
I can afford is to download all the tutorials into my computer so I can learn
from them, one at a time.

If you know a good tutorial or two, please tell me. I'd be forever grateful, and
perhaps one day when I am rich enough, I'll treat you a round of beer (or the
beverage of your choice) for your help.

Thanks all of you in advance !

Marie
pen### [at] myrealboxcom


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From: Tim Nikias v2 0
Subject: Re: Newbie looking for tutorials
Date: 20 Oct 2003 10:40:39
Message: <3f93f3e7$1@news.povray.org>
Begin with the Documentation. It will lead you to the first image everyone
has produced: reflective sphere on checkered plane (a variation of that
theme is an obligatory first post to PBI).

Then, download some simple scenes (you can judge that by the amount of
objects mainly) and scan through them, try to make sense of them, at least
in parts, and create your own ones based off of what you find.

And THEN, make your very own images, starting with an empty scene-file.

It is, for later days and reviews, good to keep track in your scene file
when the file was initially made, when the last update was done, with which
POV-Ray (3.5 at the moment), Author, etc.

You can find some info on my website, there are descriptions of some files
in my "Past Projects" section, and some scene-files in my "Downloads" (IRTC
Images) and "Gallery v2.0" (sources for those). You'll also find some
Include-Files you might find useful (especially the I/O-Macros to read/write
data arrays).

Regards,
Tim

-- 
Tim Nikias v2.0
Homepage: http://www.digitaltwilight.de/no_lights
Email: tim.nikias (@) gmx.de


> Hi to all the gurus !
>
> I am a newbie. I repeat, I am a really, really, brand new newbie. Just
getting up to learn rendering, ray tracing, modelling, etc.
>
> I am looking for online tutorials for modelling, POVRAY, rendering, ray
tracing, .... in other words, I am looking for tutorials that cover
everything including
> the kitchen sink. :)
>
> Can anyone here help out, please ?
>
> No, I don't have a lot of money to spare, so books ($$$$) is out of the
question. All I can afford is to download all the tutorials into my computer
so I can learn
> from them, one at a time.
>
> If you know a good tutorial or two, please tell me. I'd be forever
grateful, and perhaps one day when I am rich enough, I'll treat you a round
of beer (or the
> beverage of your choice) for your help.
>
> Thanks all of you in advance !
>
> Marie
> pen### [at] myrealboxcom


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From: Tom Galvin
Subject: Re: Newbie looking for tutorials
Date: 20 Oct 2003 17:29:46
Message: <Xns941AB1C0C88A0tomatimporg@204.213.191.226>
"Tim Nikias v2.0" <tim.nikias (@) gmx.de> wrote in
news:3f93f3e7$1@news.povray.org: 

> Begin with the Documentation. It will lead you to the first image
> everyone has produced: reflective sphere on checkered plane (a
> variation of that theme is an obligatory first post to PBI).
> 
> Then, ...
> 

Whoa!  The docs and samples scenes should keep him busy for a while ;)



-- 
Tom
_________________________________
The Internet Movie Project
http://www.imp.org/


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From: JC (Exether)
Subject: Re: Newbie looking for tutorials
Date: 21 Oct 2003 02:51:08
Message: <3f94d75c$1@news.povray.org>
Tom Galvin wrote:
> "Tim Nikias v2.0" <tim.nikias (@) gmx.de> wrote in
> news:3f93f3e7$1@news.povray.org: 
> 
> 
>>Begin with the Documentation. It will lead you to the first image
>>everyone has produced: reflective sphere on checkered plane (a
>>variation of that theme is an obligatory first post to PBI).
>>
>>Then, ...
>>
> 
> 
> Whoa!  The docs and samples scenes should keep him busy for a while ;)
> 
> 
> 
Hmmm, HER  imho, it's rare enough to mention.    :-)


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From: Tom Melly
Subject: Re: Newbie looking for tutorials
Date: 21 Oct 2003 04:26:18
Message: <3f94edaa$1@news.povray.org>
"JC (Exether)" <no### [at] spamfr> wrote in message news:3f94d75c$1@news.povray.org...

> Hmmm, HER  imho, it's rare enough to mention.    :-)

What's a HER? Is it some kind of terrorist?


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From: Jim Charter
Subject: Re: Newbie looking for tutorials
Date: 21 Oct 2003 10:17:04
Message: <3f953fe0$1@news.povray.org>
Tom Melly wrote:
> "JC (Exether)" <no### [at] spamfr> wrote in message news:3f94d75c$1@news.povray.org...
> 
> 
>>Hmmm, HER  imho, it's rare enough to mention.    :-)
> 
> 
> What's a HER? Is it some kind of terrorist?
> 
> 
Apparently the French group's been hiding one of them.  I'm jealous!


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From: JC (Exether)
Subject: Re: Newbie looking for tutorials
Date: 21 Oct 2003 11:10:34
Message: <3f954c6a$1@news.povray.org>
Tom Melly wrote:
> "JC (Exether)" <no### [at] spamfr> wrote in message news:3f94d75c$1@news.povray.org...
> 
> 
>>Hmmm, HER  imho, it's rare enough to mention.    :-)
> 
> 
> What's a HER? Is it some kind of terrorist?
> 
Sometimes you would say yes.   :-))


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From: Tom Galvin
Subject: Re: Newbie looking for tutorials
Date: 21 Oct 2003 12:18:24
Message: <Xns941B7CF6A38F9tomatimporg@204.213.191.226>
"JC (Exether)" <no### [at] spamfr> wrote in news:3f94d75c$1@news.povray.org:

> Hmmm, HER  imho, it's rare enough to mention.    :-)
> 

My apologies.  


-- 
Tom
_________________________________
The Internet Movie Project
http://www.imp.org/


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From: St 
Subject: Re: Newbie looking for tutorials
Date: 21 Oct 2003 13:29:24
Message: <3f956cf4@news.povray.org>
"Tom Melly" <tom### [at] tomandlucouk> wrote in message
news:3f94edaa$1@news.povray.org...
> "JC (Exether)" <no### [at] spamfr> wrote in message
news:3f94d75c$1@news.povray.org...
>
> > Hmmm, HER  imho, it's rare enough to mention.    :-)
>
> What's a HER? Is it some kind of terrorist?

     Yes.

  ~Steve~    ;)


>
>


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From: nomore
Subject: Are there any clearinghouses that carry 3rd party povray include files and/or patches, and/or utility programs ?
Date: 24 Oct 2003 10:04:08
Message: <6i7jpvogstvp06mh8fe7coef96r3rqrfqd@4ax.com>
Spotted two possible typos in the tag docs.

1. There maybe an typo in the http://tag.povray.org/povQandT/misconceptions.html page
- The word "obect" might be "object".

2. On the page http://tag.povray.org/povQandT/languageQandT.html, the sentence "There
is a looks_like keyword in the light_source block which allows to easily
attach an object to the light source" may sound a little bit clearer if it is "There
is a looks_like keyword in the light_source block which allows an object to
easily attach to the light source"

Question:

	About 3rd party povray include files and/or patches, and/or povray related utility
programs, are there any websites that act as clearinghouses that carry
them, or at least list and link to them ?

Thanks.


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