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Re: Star Wars LDraw Models by Nth Dimension Website
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lugnet.starwars
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Fri, 20 Dec 2002 18:25:40 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Ahui Herrera writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Will Chapman writes:
> >
> > Thanks. I followed the LPub installation instruction, downloaded & installed
> > the other components (l3GO, PovRay, MegaPOV, MLCad, etc.), and successfully
> > rendered my mpd.
> >
> > However, when I look at the MegaPOV tab in LPub, it is completely blank! I
> > even placed the MegaPOV exe in the POVRay /bin directory as instructed, to
> > no avail.
> >
> > Is there a trick to getting LPub to recognize that MegaPOV is "installed" &
> > available, and automagically expose the settings in the tab?
>
> 1. Open LPub
> 2. Click on the POV tab
> 3. Click on the Rendering tab
> 4. Click on the drop-down menu and choose "MEGA-POV => POV-Ray 3.1
> 5. Now the MEGAPOV Tab shoul be enabled.
>
> Note make SURE you downloaded POV-Ray 3.1g for windows and NOT POV-Ray 3.5.
> MEGAPov CANNOT WORK with 3.5. On the POV-Ray website you need to go to
> there archive section to download 3.1g.
>
> Lastly a tip to rendering with MEGAPOV Find_edge.
> Use these values when rendering at a 1024 x 768 size for best lines results.
> Dept Diff. = 2
> Angle Diff = .35
> Color Diff. = .2
> Width = 1.2
> Sharpeness = 20
> Color of line = Black
>
> If you want to render in a smaller image size you will need to change the
> values somewhat. I don't know to what as I render at 1024 x 768 and then
> shrink the image later on if I need to in powerpoint when making my BIs.
> The general thinking is make the biggest image you will need as you can
> always shrink later but not the other way around.
>
> -AHui
> LDraw Help Desk
Also, I found it really great if you turn reflections to 0. This gives the
smooth shading, or "cell shading" effect. Reflection statements are found in
the color definitions, just do a find for "reflection" and you should see
it. Set all of those to 0 and render with find_edges, using shadowless light.
-Tim
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| (...) 1. Open LPub 2. Click on the POV tab 3. Click on the Rendering tab 4. Click on the drop-down menu and choose "MEGA-POV => POV-Ray 3.1 5. Now the MEGAPOV Tab shoul be enabled. Note make SURE you downloaded POV-Ray 3.1g for windows and NOT (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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