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===Apple Menu=== | ===Apple Menu=== | ||
| − | <p>This is the usual Apple menu found in every application. Among the | + | <p>This is the usual Apple menu found in every application. Among the usual Apple menu items it contains the <em>About POV-Ray for Mac OS...</em> items which will display the POV-Ray Mac about box.</p> |
| − | usual Apple menu items it contains the <em>About POV-Ray for Mac | + | |
| − | OS...</em> items which will display the POV-Ray Mac about box.</p> | + | <p>Hint: In the about box there is a hidden Easter Egg. Type the tree-letter acronym for the Persistence of Vision Ray-Tracer to uncover it. For control of the Easter Egg you may use the mouse to move around, the <em>+</em> and <em>-</em> keys increase and decrease the resolution, <em>r</em> key increase the recursion level, the <em>t</em> key to reset the recursion level to one, the <em>a</em> key to increase anti-aliasing quality and the <em>n</em> key to disable the anti-aliasing again. With the <em>c</em> and <em>l</em> key you may switch between moving the light or moving the camera around. Press any mouse button, press the <em>q</em> key or the space bar to leave the Easter Egg (this may take a few seconds). Note that the Easter Egg makes use of multiple processors if available.</p> |
| − | <p>Hint: In the about box there is a hidden Easter Egg. Type the | ||
| − | tree-letter acronym for the Persistence of Vision Ray-Tracer to uncover | ||
| − | it. For control of the Easter Egg you may use the mouse to move around, | ||
| − | the | ||
| − | resolution, | ||
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| − | key to increase | ||
| − | disable the | ||
| − | key you may switch between moving the light or moving the camera around. | ||
| − | Press any mouse button, press the | ||
| − | leave the Easter Egg (this may take a few seconds). Note that the Easter | ||
| − | Egg makes use of multiple processors if available.</p> | ||
===File Menu=== | ===File Menu=== | ||
| − | <p>The File menu provides all the usual functions for opening, saving | + | <p>The File menu provides all the usual functions for opening, saving and printing files.</p> |
| − | and printing files.</p> | + | |
===Edit Menu=== | ===Edit Menu=== | ||
| − | <p>The File menu provides all the usual functions for copy and paste, | + | <p>The File menu provides all the usual functions for copy and paste, undo and redo. It also provides access to the Render Settings dialog and the Preferences dialog.</p> |
| − | undo and redo. It also provides access to the Render Settings dialog and | ||
| − | the Preferences dialog.</p> | ||
===Search Menu=== | ===Search Menu=== | ||
| − | <p>The search menu provides advanced searching and replacing options. | + | <p>The search menu provides advanced searching and replacing options. Searching based on Regular Expressions is available. The Regular Expressions work similar to those in the language Perl.</p> |
| − | |||
| − | Expressions work similar to those in the | ||
===Templates Menu=== | ===Templates Menu=== | ||
| − | <p>The Template menu allows you to Import templates from previous Mac OS | + | <p>The Template menu allows you to Import templates from previous Mac OS versions as well as of the Windows version of POV-Ray. It also lists all templates for easy insertion into your scene.</p> |
| − | versions as well as of the | ||
| − | templates for easy insertion into your scene.</p> | ||
===Render Menu=== | ===Render Menu=== | ||
| − | <p>The Render menu provides Start, Stop and Pause commands. Note that in | + | <p>The Render menu provides Start, Stop and Pause commands. Note that in order to start rendering of a scene file its window has to be in front.</p> |
| − | order to start rendering of a scene file its window has to be in | + | |
| − | front.</p> | + | <p>This menu also offers commands to render the official POV-Ray benchmark scene. This scene is rendered without preview window and not stored on disk as it is only meant to determine the raw rendering speed, not the speed of your graphics card or hard-disk. Thus, all you get are a few statistics at the end of rendering. Expect the benchmark to take |
| − | <p>This menu also offers commands to render the official POV-Ray | ||
| − | benchmark scene. This scene is rendered without preview window and not | ||
| − | stored on disk as it is only | ||
| − | not the speed of your graphics card or | ||
| − | few statistics at the end of rendering. Expect the benchmark to take | ||
over two hours to render on a slow G4.</p> | over two hours to render on a slow G4.</p> | ||
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===Help Menu=== | ===Help Menu=== | ||
| − | <p>The Help menu gives you access to the POV-Ray Help, which contains | + | <p>The Help menu gives you access to the POV-Ray Help, which contains the whole documentation of POV-Ray. </p> |
| − | the whole documentation of POV-Ray. </p> | ||
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Menus
Apple Menu
This is the usual Apple menu found in every application. Among the usual Apple menu items it contains the About POV-Ray for Mac OS... items which will display the POV-Ray Mac about box.
Hint: In the about box there is a hidden Easter Egg. Type the tree-letter acronym for the Persistence of Vision Ray-Tracer to uncover it. For control of the Easter Egg you may use the mouse to move around, the + and - keys increase and decrease the resolution, r key increase the recursion level, the t key to reset the recursion level to one, the a key to increase anti-aliasing quality and the n key to disable the anti-aliasing again. With the c and l key you may switch between moving the light or moving the camera around. Press any mouse button, press the q key or the space bar to leave the Easter Egg (this may take a few seconds). Note that the Easter Egg makes use of multiple processors if available.
File Menu
The File menu provides all the usual functions for opening, saving and printing files.
Edit Menu
The File menu provides all the usual functions for copy and paste, undo and redo. It also provides access to the Render Settings dialog and the Preferences dialog.
Search Menu
The search menu provides advanced searching and replacing options. Searching based on Regular Expressions is available. The Regular Expressions work similar to those in the language Perl.
Templates Menu
The Template menu allows you to Import templates from previous Mac OS versions as well as of the Windows version of POV-Ray. It also lists all templates for easy insertion into your scene.
Render Menu
The Render menu provides Start, Stop and Pause commands. Note that in order to start rendering of a scene file its window has to be in front.
This menu also offers commands to render the official POV-Ray benchmark scene. This scene is rendered without preview window and not stored on disk as it is only meant to determine the raw rendering speed, not the speed of your graphics card or hard-disk. Thus, all you get are a few statistics at the end of rendering. Expect the benchmark to take over two hours to render on a slow G4.
Window Menu
The Window menu provides all the usual functions.
Help Menu
The Help menu gives you access to the POV-Ray Help, which contains the whole documentation of POV-Ray.
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