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From: James Wood
Subject: Career Path
Date: 24 Jun 1999 14:35:30
Message: <37727D88.BC47F260@wa.freei.net>
I would like to know if POV is being used in any professional
application or environment; or is it primarily for hobbyists. I would
like to be able to use this experience in applying for a position in the
3d & animation professional world. How is POV viewed by professionals?
What is the career path for such endeavors? What level of proficiency is
needed? What can one expect as compensation?
I am new to 3d modeling and find it interesting a whole lot of fun; but
is this all it is?


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From: Remco de Korte
Subject: Re: Career Path
Date: 24 Jun 1999 16:50:50
Message: <37729A71.1D254FB9@xs4all.nl>
James Wood wrote:
> 
> I would like to know if POV is being used in any professional
> application or environment; or is it primarily for hobbyists. I would
> like to be able to use this experience in applying for a position in the
> 3d & animation professional world. How is POV viewed by professionals?
> What is the career path for such endeavors? What level of proficiency is
> needed? What can one expect as compensation?
> I am new to 3d modeling and find it interesting a whole lot of fun; but
> is this all it is?

1. You could earn money with nothing in your hands and nothing in your head (try
politics for instance) so there's bound to be a way to earn money with POV (see
3). 
2. There are lots of commercial packages which sell for high prices. They're
probably used by the professionals. There might be some trade off: a little less
quality or refinement in the images and a lot more speed. For professional
purposes I think POV might be bit too refined.
3. I earn a (modest) living with 3D-images made with POV. I do some programming
along with it. I may not be very good with either of the two, but the
combination of the two (and some other things?) seems to do the trick.

Good luck,

Remco
http://www.xs4all.nl/~remcodek/vic.html


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From: Bob
Subject: Re: Career Path
Date: 24 Jun 1999 17:12:17
Message: <37729F2A.24B067CD@aol.com>
Hey, I demand a better number 1 statement here. Sounds like you're saying POV-Ray is
for
ventriloquist dummies ;) j/k! I know you aren't saying that, but us dummies get easily
offended.


Remco de Korte wrote:
> 
> 1. You could earn money with nothing in your hands and nothing in your head (try
> politics for instance) so there's bound to be a way to earn money with POV (see
> 3).

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From: Remco de Korte
Subject: Re: Career Path
Date: 25 Jun 1999 04:35:05
Message: <3772D788.5BC47C8F@xs4all.nl>
Bob wrote:
> 
> Hey, I demand a better number 1 statement here. Sounds like you're saying POV-Ray is
for
> ventriloquist dummies ;) j/k! I know you aren't saying that, but us dummies get
easily
> offended.
> 

I'm blond, what's your excuse?
;)

Remco


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From: Bob
Subject: Re: Career Path
Date: 26 Jun 1999 05:08:58
Message: <377498A5.16C4EA55@aol.com>
Um, I'm brunette. That a good excuse? LOL
Btw, isn't it "blonde", not blond? You dum blonds can't spel.

P.S. funny thing, I always thought it had to be 'blonde', however to be sure I ran a
spell checker here and saw a 'blond' listed. Looked it up, found the word I thought as
correct is the feminine form and yours was the general "fair skinned, blue eyed, light
colored hair" form. Which now makes me wonder what I just called myself when I first
replied with this message.
Okay, I looked that up too and now think I need English lessons. Brunet is the
generalized form. I'm so embarrassed (a peculiarly feminine emotion. I know, I
know....
I just wanted to stir up trouble here ;)
Off-topic ramblings, so goodbye.

Bob


Remco de Korte wrote:
> 
> I'm blond, what's your excuse?
> ;)
>


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From: James Wood
Subject: Re: Career Path
Date: 26 Jun 1999 12:42:17
Message: <37750578.647BF0D5@wa.freei.net>
Thanks for all the help guys

Bob wrote:

> Um, I'm brunette. That a good excuse? LOL
> Btw, isn't it "blonde", not blond? You dum blonds can't spel.
>
> P.S. funny thing, I always thought it had to be 'blonde', however to be sure I ran a
> spell checker here and saw a 'blond' listed. Looked it up, found the word I thought
as
> correct is the feminine form and yours was the general "fair skinned, blue eyed,
light
> colored hair" form. Which now makes me wonder what I just called myself when I first
> replied with this message.
> Okay, I looked that up too and now think I need English lessons. Brunet is the
> generalized form. I'm so embarrassed (a peculiarly feminine emotion. I know, I
know....
> I just wanted to stir up trouble here ;)
> Off-topic ramblings, so goodbye.
>
> Bob
>
> Remco de Korte wrote:
> >
> > I'm blond, what's your excuse?
> > ;)
> >


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From: Marc Gibeault
Subject: Re: Career Path
Date: 29 Jun 1999 23:07:06
Message: <377989da@news.povray.org>
Hi Bob,

377498A5.16C4EA55@aol.com...
> Um, I'm brunette. That a good excuse? LOL
> Btw, isn't it "blonde", not blond? You dum blonds can't spel.
>
> P.S. funny thing, I always thought it had to be 'blonde', however to be
sure I ran a
> spell checker here and saw a 'blond' listed. Looked it up, found the word
I thought as
> correct is the feminine form and yours was the general "fair skinned, blue
eyed, light
> colored hair" form. Which now makes me wonder what I just called myself
when I first
> replied with this message.
> Okay, I looked that up too and now think I need English lessons. Brunet is
the
> generalized form. I'm so embarrassed (a peculiarly feminine emotion. I
know, I know....
> I just wanted to stir up trouble here ;)
> Off-topic ramblings, so goodbye.

It's french lessons that you need...
blond (the "d" is silent) is for men and blonde is for women.
--

Marc Gibeault

mgi### [at] inamecom
http://members.tripod.com/marc_gibeault


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From: Greg M  Johnson
Subject: Re: Career Path
Date: 1 Jul 1999 09:46:47
Message: <377B70B5.83ECE341@geocities.com>
So, like what kind of work do you do?
Sell T-shirts or cards with your images?  Local web design?
I have been looking for a way to make some cash out of my favorite hobby.

 http://homestead.deja.com/user.gregjohn/aboutme.html

Remco de Korte wrote:

> 3. I earn a (modest) living with 3D-images made with POV. I do some programming
> along with it. I may not be very good with either of the two, but the
> combination of the two (and some other things?) seems to do the trick.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Remco
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~remcodek/vic.html


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From: Remco de Korte
Subject: Re: Career Path
Date: 1 Jul 1999 15:16:32
Message: <377B9972.96A9EA69@xs4all.nl>
Greg M. Johnson wrote:
> 
> So, like what kind of work do you do?
> Sell T-shirts or cards with your images?  Local web design?
> I have been looking for a way to make some cash out of my favorite hobby.
> 
>  http://homestead.deja.com/user.gregjohn/aboutme.html
> 

I make "multi-media-productions". I used to be a game-programmer using simple
2D-graphics, but still trying to make things look good. Based on that a company
asked me to make two cdroms with _some_ 3D-stuff on it. Therefor I turned to
POV, an unlikely choice perhaps, but primo: it's free and secundo: I haven't
seen another program yet I think I would like to buy and that will let me make
stuff with such detailed quality.
In the end, almost everything turned out to be 3D. When I look at the things I
made at first it's clear I only made it halfway through the docs. I still
haven't gotten any further but "threedee" seems to be some sort of magic word.
At the moment I'm involved in a series of educational cdroms. I assure you
there's money to be made, but perhaps not by POV alone...

Good luck,

Remco


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