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Hello everyone!
I'm quite new to the 3D rendering world, and I was wondering if anyone could
help me get on my feet quickly.
I've been playing around with 3D scheme this summer, and that's been fun,
but I'd like to step it up a bit.
Can anyone suggest a couple good resources specifically for getting a start
with POVRAY? I'm trying to prepare myself for a 3D graphics independant
study in the fall, and I'd like to be as knowledgable as I can before school
starts, but there's way too much information out there--I don't know where
to start!
Any help you can offer is much appreciated!!
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There's a couple of pretty good tutorials in the documentation. Also, look
at all the included scene files. Render them to see what they do, then read
the code carefully so that you can understand why they work as they do.
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Augur wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I'm quite new to the 3D rendering world, and I was wondering if anyone could
> help me get on my feet quickly.
>
> I've been playing around with 3D scheme this summer, and that's been fun,
> but I'd like to step it up a bit.
>
> Can anyone suggest a couple good resources specifically for getting a start
> with POVRAY? I'm trying to prepare myself for a 3D graphics independant
> study in the fall, and I'd like to be as knowledgable as I can before school
> starts, but there's way too much information out there--I don't know where
> to start!
>
> Any help you can offer is much appreciated!!
>
>
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22povray+tutorial%22&btnG=Google+Search
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"Augur" <notgivingitoutyet> wrote in message
news:42ce0c53@news.povray.org...
> Hello everyone!
>
> I'm quite new to the 3D rendering world, and I was wondering if anyone
could
> help me get on my feet quickly.
>
> I've been playing around with 3D scheme this summer, and that's been fun,
> but I'd like to step it up a bit.
>
> Can anyone suggest a couple good resources specifically for getting a
start
> with POVRAY? I'm trying to prepare myself for a 3D graphics independant
> study in the fall, and I'd like to be as knowledgable as I can before
school
> starts, but there's way too much information out there--I don't know where
> to start!
>
> Any help you can offer is much appreciated!!
>
>
http://www.wikipov.org/ is a collection of stuff from mostly people that
hang around here i think. But I'd first recommend the tutorials in the
documentation.
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Ha ha, point taken. A professor of mine gave me much the same response when
I asked him about learning C++.
Google's great, but I wanted to check here to see where real people thought
was the best place to start, rather than relying on a search engine that
doesn't actually know anything about the subject.
Like I said, though, point taken. If you feel that the results google turns
up are decent reads for a beginner like me, I'll go check them out.
Thanks!!
"Jeff Houck" <jho### [at] cableone net> wrote in message
news:42ce703e$1@news.povray.org...
> Augur wrote:
>> Hello everyone!
>>
>> I'm quite new to the 3D rendering world, and I was wondering if anyone
>> could help me get on my feet quickly.
>>
>> I've been playing around with 3D scheme this summer, and that's been fun,
>> but I'd like to step it up a bit.
>>
>> Can anyone suggest a couple good resources specifically for getting a
>> start with POVRAY? I'm trying to prepare myself for a 3D graphics
>> independant study in the fall, and I'd like to be as knowledgable as I
>> can before school starts, but there's way too much information out
>> there--I don't know where to start!
>>
>> Any help you can offer is much appreciated!!
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22povray+tutorial%22&btnG=Google+Search
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Thanks!
"Ross" <rli### [at] everestkcnet> wrote in message
news:42ce9214$1@news.povray.org...
>
> "Augur" <notgivingitoutyet> wrote in message
> news:42ce0c53@news.povray.org...
>> Hello everyone!
>>
>> I'm quite new to the 3D rendering world, and I was wondering if anyone
> could
>> help me get on my feet quickly.
>>
>> I've been playing around with 3D scheme this summer, and that's been fun,
>> but I'd like to step it up a bit.
>>
>> Can anyone suggest a couple good resources specifically for getting a
> start
>> with POVRAY? I'm trying to prepare myself for a 3D graphics independant
>> study in the fall, and I'd like to be as knowledgable as I can before
> school
>> starts, but there's way too much information out there--I don't know
>> where
>> to start!
>>
>> Any help you can offer is much appreciated!!
>>
>>
>
> http://www.wikipov.org/ is a collection of stuff from mostly people that
> hang around here i think. But I'd first recommend the tutorials in the
> documentation.
>
>
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Augur wrote:
> Ha ha, point taken. A professor of mine gave me much the same response when
> I asked him about learning C++.
>
> Google's great, but I wanted to check here to see where real people thought
> was the best place to start, rather than relying on a search engine that
> doesn't actually know anything about the subject.
>
> Like I said, though, point taken. If you feel that the results google turns
> up are decent reads for a beginner like me, I'll go check them out.
> Thanks!!
>
> "Jeff Houck" <jho### [at] cableonenet> wrote in message
> news:42ce703e$1@news.povray.org...
>
>>Augur wrote:
>>
>>>Hello everyone!
>>>
>>>I'm quite new to the 3D rendering world, and I was wondering if anyone
>>>could help me get on my feet quickly.
>>>
>>>I've been playing around with 3D scheme this summer, and that's been fun,
>>>but I'd like to step it up a bit.
>>>
>>>Can anyone suggest a couple good resources specifically for getting a
>>>start with POVRAY? I'm trying to prepare myself for a 3D graphics
>>>independant study in the fall, and I'd like to be as knowledgable as I
>>>can before school starts, but there's way too much information out
>>>there--I don't know where to start!
>>>
>>>Any help you can offer is much appreciated!!
>>
>>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22povray+tutorial%22&btnG=Google+Search
>
>
>
Don't sell Googling too short, Augur. There really is a lot of good
beginner povray stuff out there! Cheers
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"Augur" <notgivingitoutyet> wrote in message
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Take a look here: http://tag.povray.org/povQandT/
I still find this very useful.
~Steve~
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"St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote in message news:42d14ce5@news.povray.org...
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> "Augur" <notgivingitoutyet> wrote in message
> news:42ce0c53@news.povray.org...
>
> Take a look here: http://tag.povray.org/povQandT/
>
> I still find this very useful.
>
> ~Steve~
>
Hey, thanks--this stuff looks great!
-Augur
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Ross wrote:
> "Augur" <notgivingitoutyet> wrote in message
> news:42ce0c53@news.povray.org...
>>Any help you can offer is much appreciated!!
> http://www.wikipov.org/ is a collection of stuff from mostly people that
> hang around here i think. But I'd first recommend the tutorials in the
> documentation.
I want to second this. I picked up POV-Ray several years ago and just
jumped in. I looked around the net for tutorials and just didn't get
very far.
This year I actually worked through the documentation page by page,
rendering the examples and making changes to see what it did. It is
much easier for me to complete a good image now.
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"David Nash" <dbn### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message
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> Ross wrote:
>> "Augur" <notgivingitoutyet> wrote in message
>> news:42ce0c53@news.povray.org...
>>>Any help you can offer is much appreciated!!
>
>> http://www.wikipov.org/ is a collection of stuff from mostly people that
>> hang around here i think. But I'd first recommend the tutorials in the
>> documentation.
>
> I want to second this. I picked up POV-Ray several years ago and just
> jumped in. I looked around the net for tutorials and just didn't get very
> far.
>
> This year I actually worked through the documentation page by page,
> rendering the examples and making changes to see what it did. It is much
> easier for me to complete a good image now.
Yeah, I've been going through that documentation in my free time at work (3
yrs of Computer Engineering so far, and all I'm given by my co-op employer
is 3-4 hours of AutoCAD work each day, if that). Seriously, if anyone is
looking for a good Computer Engineer in a year or so, I'm actually looking
for a job where I do meaningful work all 8 hours of the day!
Anyways, enough with the not-quite-shameless plug for a job...
I'm up to the beginning of the Advanced tutorial, and I'm definitely happy
with the level of detail/experience the tutorials offer (if you type it all
in yourself rather than copying and pasting all the code).
Thanks for the advice--if you come across any more good beginner
tutorials/docs, please post them!!
--Augur
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"Augur" <notgivingitoutyet> wrote in message
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> "David Nash" <dbn### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message
> news:42d53241$1@news.povray.org...
> > Ross wrote:
> >> "Augur" <notgivingitoutyet> wrote in message
> >> news:42ce0c53@news.povray.org...
> >>>Any help you can offer is much appreciated!!
> >
> >> http://www.wikipov.org/ is a collection of stuff from mostly people
that
> >> hang around here i think. But I'd first recommend the tutorials in the
> >> documentation.
> >
> > I want to second this. I picked up POV-Ray several years ago and just
> > jumped in. I looked around the net for tutorials and just didn't get
very
> > far.
> >
> > This year I actually worked through the documentation page by page,
> > rendering the examples and making changes to see what it did. It is
much
> > easier for me to complete a good image now.
>
> Yeah, I've been going through that documentation in my free time at work
(3
> yrs of Computer Engineering so far, and all I'm given by my co-op employer
> is 3-4 hours of AutoCAD work each day, if that). Seriously, if anyone is
> looking for a good Computer Engineer in a year or so, I'm actually looking
> for a job where I do meaningful work all 8 hours of the day!
>
Ha! Good luck with that :) Seriously. That would be great to find a job that
has 8 full hours of meaningfull work. My day is considerably less full of
meaningfull work, my bosses even less than me. He's a developer that got
sucked up into management, and now has no time to do anything during the
day. The day might as well be one solid meeting.
Start a company. http://www.paulgraham.com/hiring.html
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