Alain Martel <kua### [at] videotronca> wrote:

> > The default POV-Ray camera setting for "right" is a 4:3 ratio, designed to match
> > the default 4:3 output (for 4:3 screens) leading to a 1:1 pixel aspect ratio.
> >
> > A common stumbling block for new users is attempting to render a 16:9 image,
> > which leads to non-square pixels and the output appearing horizontally
> > stretched.  This means a search in the manual until you discover the magic words
> > "right x*ImageWidth/ImageHeight" to produce the desired aspect ratio.
> >
> > The rationale for 4:3 default in the manual FAQ section is pretty thin these
> > days, as people are not rendering Windows XP startup screens any more, and it
> > seems FAR more likely that users will want a 1:1 PAR by default (which they can
> > change if needed for special cases).
> >
> > I suggest for 4.0, that the default for camera Right be automatically set to the
> > same ratio as the requested image output ratio, which means 16:9 resolutions
> > will work "out of the box", and that users wanting an anamorphic ratio should
> > instead tweak Right themselves (overriding the default).
> >
> As of version 3.8, the default right vector is now :
> x*image_width/image_height
>
> That mean that there is no more stretching/squishing.
> So, your request is already fulfilled.

Oh that's great!  I didn't realize it was already changed (still using 3.7) and
assumed that my next chance to get a feature request in would be 4.0.  Thanks
for the clarification :)

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