OK... I've read the docs... I've searched these newgroups... I know my mate
with POVray on a Linux box can do it... can anyone tell me how to get the
output file from POVray to be a PNG?

Section 5.2.2 of the docs imply you use a line like

Output_File_Type=+FN

But where? Apparently not in the .POV file. Or the pvengine.ini file. 'Cos
I've tried those.

The docs are excellent, but tend to assume you know what they mean a bit
(nowhere near as poor as Microsoft ones thank goodness).

Any help appreciated.

Thank you,

Paul H

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you can setup an *.ini file to go with your *.pov file or type +fn, etc  in
the command line box on the menu bar (next to the drop-down box for image
resolution).

I tend to put something like this at the top of my *.pov files:
    // +H180 +W320
    // +H450 +w800
    // +H450 +w800 +A0.3
you can then right-mouse click on a line and have it copied to the command
line to render with those options.

jim

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Paul H wrote:
> 
> OK... I've read the docs... I've searched these newgroups... I know my mate
> with POVray on a Linux box can do it... can anyone tell me how to get the
> output file from POVray to be a PNG?
> 
> Section 5.2.2 of the docs imply you use a line like
> 
> Output_File_Type=+FN
> 
> But where? Apparently not in the .POV file. Or the pvengine.ini file. 'Cos
> I've tried those.

Place it somewhere in the povray.ini file. You will have to close and restart
POV-Ray before it will become effective.

-- 
Ken Tyler

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Wasn't it Paul H who wrote:
>OK... I've read the docs... I've searched these newgroups... I know my mate
>with POVray on a Linux box can do it... can anyone tell me how to get the
>output file from POVray to be a PNG?
>
>Section 5.2.2 of the docs imply you use a line like
>
>Output_File_Type=+FN

There are two ways to set the option, one is to use "Output_File_Type="
and the other is to use "+F", but you're trying to use both at once. So
either use
        Output_File_Type=N
or
        +FN

>
>But where? Apparently not in the .POV file. Or the pvengine.ini file. 'Cos
>I've tried those.
>
>The docs are excellent, but tend to assume you know what they mean a bit
>(nowhere near as poor as Microsoft ones thank goodness).

If you just want it for an individual render, type it in the command box
at the top of the GUI window.

If you want it to apply to all the renders from now on, click 
Tools->Edit_master_POVRAY.INI and type it in there.


Note, however, that it won't output JPEGs, or any other lossy format.
This is to protect you from the possibility of performing an extremely
long render and then finding that the output was ruined by jpeg
compression artefacts.

-- 
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure

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What a fantastically useful set of replies. Thank you all.

Paul H

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Personally I prefer having the option "-f" in my master povray.ini
(~/.povrayrc in unix), which means that no image file is written.
When I want the image file, I simply write "+fn" (for png output) in
the command line (field, if in windows).

  (You might ask why? Well, 99.5% of the renders I do are test renders, not
final renders. What do I need the image file for?
  Besides, it saves lots of disk space when I render scenes from here and
there (eg. the example scenes which come with povray).)

-- 
#macro M(A,N,D,L)plane{-z,-9pigment{mandel L*9translate N color_map{[0rgb x]
[1rgb 9]}scale<D,D*3D>*1e3}rotate y*A*8}#end M(-3<1.206434.28623>70,7)M(
-1<.7438.1795>1,20)M(1<.77595.13699>30,20)M(3<.75923.07145>80,99)// - Warp -

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