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From: helge h
Date: 1 Apr 2006 20:15:00
Message: <web.442f2560aa4a30451c6902970@news.povray.org>
Thanks again, Steve!
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Thanks for that, Kenneth. Not very likely, though.
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and thanks, Hasan.
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"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> nice image!  clever compositing work...

Thanks!

> > It's a strange thing, 3d: you can make just about anything, but it sort of
> > drags you down the path of realism; all the tools and effects are coined at
> > imitating the real world.
>
> well, though raytracing is a simulation of real-world lighting phenomena, i
> think it's the artist's job to bend the medium to its best intentions.
> Povray provides many interesting features that let you go well beyond what
> reality permits... :)

I agree to all of that, fully.

> > Well, typing, too, of course. But dragging with the mouse to select
> > something to copy is really a drag.
>
> don't do it.  I believe you're talking about the GUI frontend for Povray in
> Windows, right?

No, Mac. Not possible to do what you suggest, as far as I know.

> > I have tried Blender, and that was really bad, and Wings is no better.
>
> well, that's rather strange coming from a Photoshop guy, but then, perhaps
> 2D and 3D drawing are really very different...

Yes, I use a Wacom tablet for most of the Photoshop work, but it's not
precise enough or convenient for text work.

H


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