Hi everybody!

I've just come across "POV-Ray" and i'm still drolling at the mouth over
what it can do!

Currently I'm going through the Beginners Tutorials...I am at 3.6.2 Height
Field Object and toward the end, for the example it says to render the file
at 320x240 -A.

What I want to know is how to change the render so that I can run the file
at 320x240 -A...

TIA,
Brian

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Fun, huh...? Yeah, I probably had most of my fun when starting out too.
Anyway...

"Brian" <bes### [at] paradisenetnz> wrote in message
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>
> What I want to know is how to change the render so that I can run the file
> at 320x240 -A...

You can either use the resolution dropdown list (in the Windows' POV) and it
has a 320x240 without AA, versus the one with AA (antialiasing) to do what
you asked, or put   +w320 +h240 -a   into the command line (also found in
the toolbar of the Windows' POV). Also from within a INI file, but no need
to confuse you with that until you work with those.

Of course, now I am wondering why you didn't read through the section about
Using POV-Ray since it is before the Beginning Tutorial. There is where
you'd have found how to go about that. Although, understandably, a new user
isn't always likely to remember those things without having first done them
in practice.

Something to think about for how the tutorial is written in the future since
I see it doesn't recap such useful information for the "beginner", except
indirectly as there is a command line switches link in the Our First Image
section concerning Library Path. See section 5.1.1 for that, specifically,
found within the POV-Ray Options part of the documentation.

Bob H.

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welcome to povray! you might want to post to the povray.newusers section,
although this povray.general group sees a good deal of questions like this
so it's not really a bad choice.

the first question is what operating system are you using povray under? in
windows you would do like Bob H said. in unix type systems you would do
something like

povray +Iinputfile.pov +W320 +H240 +A

that first thing is a plus sign, followed by a capitol "i" and then the
scene source file. i hope i'm right on this syntax. been using windows
lately and i'm only 95% sure.

or you could control the rendering settings more with antialiasing depth,
method and jitter, etc. check the manual section "5.2.6.4  Anti-Aliasing
Options"

I think that's about it, good luck and have fun! don't forget to post some
things in povray.binaries.images and get suggestions and ideas. just
compress your images (jpeg is prefered). there are full guidelines for
posting messages someplace, but that should get you by allright to start ;)

ross.


Brian <bes### [at] paradisenetnz> wrote in message
news:web.3ef6535b57c5bd7f67a4524c0@news.povray.org...
> Hi everybody!
>
> I've just come across "POV-Ray" and i'm still drolling at the mouth over
> what it can do!
>
> Currently I'm going through the Beginners Tutorials...I am at 3.6.2 Height
> Field Object and toward the end, for the example it says to render the
file
> at 320x240 -A.
>
> What I want to know is how to change the render so that I can run the file
> at 320x240 -A...
>
> TIA,
> Brian
>

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