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List: LinArt List
Sender: Johann Snyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Graphics
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 20:06:56 +0200 (SAT)
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On 27-Aug-97 LinArt List wrote:
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> List: LinArt List
> Sender: Michael Stutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Graphics
> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 12:23:57 -0400 (EDT)
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>On 27 Aug 1997, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> So, I'm curious what other people use, and what they use it to do...
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>The GIMP has become my right-hand man. Primarily these days for editing
>scanned photos, but it can do so much more.
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>> I'm primarily interested to know if anyone has done any significant
>> rendering work, as I'm not really sure what modelling software or
>> rendering engines are available for Linux these days (freeware or
>> not). Once upon a time I dabbled with Rayshade (I think it was -- it
>> was a long time ago), but as I recall, there wasn't any reasonable
>> modelling software at the time, and I'd like to know if that's
>> changed.
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>Run, don't walk, to your nearest archive and pick up Povray. My impression
>is that it's the de facto ray tracing program for Unix (and maybe your
>Rayshade was actually Povray, who knows). I never messed with it much, but
>I've seen some incredible work done with it.
AFAIK, Rayshade was a kind of predecessor of Povray. I think POV was built on
Rayshade. Anyways, POV is *excellent* but I'd also like to know if there is any
modeling software for it around. The scripting language is a bit tough for me,
esp. since I don't really have the time to sit and learn it. In DOS I used to
play with Polyray, which has an easier language, but it's not as powerful as
POV.
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