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Hi Allan, You can find pictures of your (lovely!) model here: (URL) (21 years ago, 27-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) No magic involved here. Best way is to be inspired by real photos. Take a good look at a picture you like (or where you like the lighting) and try to figure out where the light s coming from and where the camera was placed. A rough guide: (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Hi Jeroen, (...) In fact, I dropped down to using radio_1. I'm not interested in 100% realistic pics, but I knew that what I was producing could look better. Thanks for the advice though. :) (...) light. Is there some magical way in which you (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Actually, as long as you are rendering your file manually in POV, you can delete all of those command line options. There're really only used by LPub with it's generating instruction images and LPub will add them back in automatically. -Orion (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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(...) D'oh! I'm such an idiot. I was so busy trying to find it in the code, I didn't even think to look on the interface for it. Thank you so much for saving my sanity! (...) Currently (with no manual intervention from me) it reads: LPub +W800 +H600 (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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(...) L3P generates color definitions based on the colors in your model. These are usually towards the top of the file after some declare statements. If you add the line: #include "lugnetcolors.inc" after the rad file include you should be good. If (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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(...) Yes, you got it exactly <snip> (...) In POV there should be a little drop down list in the upper left. It'll have something like 600x800, A.A. 0.3 displayed. This is where you set the picture size. Also, if there are any +W or +H commands in (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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(...) On your site, you mention the following: The declaration of this file should be made just before the color declares in you POV model file. Based on previous suggestions, I'm now using radio-1.inc for the radiosity settings etc. It includes an (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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(...) Ah, O.K. I think I see how this works. You're effectively telling POV-RAY, "here's a color file I want you to use. Now, here's what color you should assign that file to. In other words, when I say RED from now on, I want you to use that LUGNET (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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(...) Ok, I quickly whipped up an include file for all the LDraw colors in the LUGNET Color Guide library. Find it here: (URL) under the Program Addins Section. It's down at the bottom. (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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