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Hi Geoff,
Thanks for taking the time to write this review, which I hadn't seen until
just now.
In lugnet.cad, Geoff Gray writes:
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> Chapter 8 (POV-Ray and L3P) was one of the chapters I was most looking
> forward to, but it was a little thin to me. I'd love to see more meat
> on the use of POV-Ray, as well as camera and light info. Like many
> aspiring ray-tracers in the world, my ability with a camera and lighting
> is sub-par. I have the darndest time trying to reset the view when I
> change to orthographic view (which is the way I prefer to render most of
> my models). I end up just guessing at coordinates and so on. I'm not
> sure what the best way to cover stuff in more depth, but I think another
> chapter in the book that is POV-Ray "beyond the L3P settings" would be
> nice. Also, give us some rendering tips and tricks.
Hopefully, I will be following up on this in the coming months ... Currently
researching.
Cheers,
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| First let me say that I got the book as soon as it was available and have read the entire thing. I am a moderate level user of Ldraw and MLCad. I also had experience with L3P, but I was used to using L3PAO for that. I have done POV Ray as well, but (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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