Hey ,I enjoy some of the rendering i see with pov-ray ,but I cant seem to understand how pov-ray works do u know of any sites or any books on how to start working with pov-ray for a newbie?
...with Pov-Ray. But if you are looking for a tutorial - here ist one:
http://www.f-lohmueller.de/pov_tut/pov__eng.htm
There are a lot of tutorials around. Just check the doc- and resource-section at
http://www.povray.org
You'll have to read a bit of theory first, but if you follow the beginners tutorial, you should have your first scene rendered in under an hour. Probably much faster. The only difficulty under Linux is the syntax for the commandline.
Again: The above image was not rendered with Pov-Ray, it was done under Win98 with a tool called Terragen. There is a tool called Terraform, which can create Heightfields and export them to Pov-Ray.
Thanks. I used Terragen and Gimp. Terragen under Win98. I used the FEO-plugin and copied the classic kde-lineart into the bitmap. Inverted the pic, reduced the brightness and: Bingo. But the horizon sucked, so I rendered it against a black sky and copy'n pasted the sky in there. Because the horizon would have been much higher, if I had have an unlimited plain.
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This is excellent work. I would suggest trying it with a penguin as well... It's definitely inspiring, keep up the good work.
Hey ,I enjoy some of the rendering i see with pov-ray ,but I cant seem to understand how pov-ray works do u know of any sites or any books on how to start working with pov-ray for a newbie?
I'd like to find out how to use it and start working with it, but it seems so confusing...
...with Pov-Ray. But if you are looking for a tutorial - here ist one: http://www.f-lohmueller.de/pov_tut/pov__eng.htm There are a lot of tutorials around. Just check the doc- and resource-section at http://www.povray.org You'll have to read a bit of theory first, but if you follow the beginners tutorial, you should have your first scene rendered in under an hour. Probably much faster. The only difficulty under Linux is the syntax for the commandline. Again: The above image was not rendered with Pov-Ray, it was done under Win98 with a tool called Terragen. There is a tool called Terraform, which can create Heightfields and export them to Pov-Ray.
this is nice work :) what did you do it with? nice
Thanks. I used Terragen and Gimp. Terragen under Win98. I used the FEO-plugin and copied the classic kde-lineart into the bitmap. Inverted the pic, reduced the brightness and: Bingo. But the horizon sucked, so I rendered it against a black sky and copy'n pasted the sky in there. Because the horizon would have been much higher, if I had have an unlimited plain.