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Hi:
As you probably guessed, I am a newuser of Povray.
I am trying to find a tool that will allow me to do some simple animation
for a game I am working on.
I have read that Povray is really not good for building that sort of
animation. Is that true? If so, can anyone suggest an inexpensive
alternative? I cant afford most of the mainstream tools. (Alias, etc.)
Thanks,
Michael
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In povray.general Michael <mbo### [at] i1 net> wrote:
: I have read that Povray is really not good for building that sort of
: animation. Is that true?
Go to http://www.irtc.org and to the animation competition section, see
the animations made with povray and judge by yourself.
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You can do all kinds animations with POV, but it's difficult. Everything has
to be hand-coded. In my opinion POV is more suitable for rendering stills
(although excellent animations have been made). I don't know of any
inexpensive/free alternatives, though.
Margus
Michael wrote in message <36b843a4.0@news.povray.org>...
>Hi:
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>As you probably guessed, I am a newuser of Povray.
>
>I am trying to find a tool that will allow me to do some simple animation
>for a game I am working on.
>
>I have read that Povray is really not good for building that sort of
>animation. Is that true? If so, can anyone suggest an inexpensive
>alternative? I cant afford most of the mainstream tools. (Alias, etc.)
>
>Thanks,
>Michael
>
>
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Michael schrieb in Nachricht <36b843a4.0@news.povray.org>...
>Hi:
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>As you probably guessed, I am a newuser of Povray.
>
>I am trying to find a tool that will allow me to do some simple animation
>for a game I am working on.
>
>I have read that Povray is really not good for building that sort of
>animation. Is that true? If so, can anyone suggest an inexpensive
>alternative? I cant afford most of the mainstream tools. (Alias, etc.)
That depends. If you want real-time animation, forget POV immediately. If
you need start-up screens or other pre-rendered animations, lots of things
are possible in POV-Ray, but like Margus and Nieminen said, it's a lot of
hand-coding to do. Also you need a good understanding of the (simple)
geometry involved to move things around.
--
Rudy Velthuis
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It depends on what you need to do. If you just need to do mechanical
animation then you could probably do it with POV.
If you're looking to do character animation, I recommend Animation
Master. It costs around $200 and is designed specifically for
animation. The homepage is www.hash.com.
You could even render scenes in POV and then composite them into Hash.
-Mike
Michael wrote:
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> Hi:
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> As you probably guessed, I am a newuser of Povray.
>
> I am trying to find a tool that will allow me to do some simple animation
> for a game I am working on.
>
> I have read that Povray is really not good for building that sort of
> animation. Is that true? If so, can anyone suggest an inexpensive
> alternative? I cant afford most of the mainstream tools. (Alias, etc.)
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
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