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==An Introduction==
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<p>Welcome to the Persistence Of Vision Raytracer&trade; on-line documentation repository.</p>
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<p align="justify">This repository is not intended to replace or supplement the documentation set currently being distributed with the POV-Ray&trade; application at this time. It is the beginning of a project to migrate the current documentation creation process to a MediaWiki solution, so if you're looking for the most up to date documentation, you've found it! The table of contents below is arranged the same as the <em>[http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/toc/ on-line view]</em> found on the main POV-Ray main site. Sorry the section numbers appear in this table of contents <em>ONLY</em>, not the content.</p>
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=Welcome=
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<p>Welcome to the POV-Ray documentation repository ... if you're looking for the most up to date documentation, you've found it! This content is used to generate the documentation included with the distribution, so occasionally it <em>can</em> get ahead of the current release.</p>
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<p>The content has been divided into the following five major sections:</p>
  
<p class="Hint"><strong>Hint:</strong> Keep this page open in it's own <em>tab</em>. Use <em>browser</em> find feature to search for a section number, then open the link in a <em>new</em> tab.</p>
 
==Quick Jump==
 
 
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<li>[[Documentation:Contents#Introduction to POV-Ray|Introduction to POV-Ray]]</li>
 
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<p>New to POV-Ray? You'd most likely want to begin with the [[Documentation:Contents#Introduction to POV-Ray|tutorial]] section. Need to locate something quickly? The list of [[Reference:Keywords|identifiers and keywords]] is a good place to start. See the [[Documentation:Tutorial Section 1#Changes and New Features Summary|changes and new features]] summary for what's new with this release.</p>
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==Introduction to POV-Ray==
 
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:<strong>1.2 [[Documentation:Tutorial Section 2#Getting Started|Getting Started]]</strong>
 
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:<strong>1.4 [[Documentation:Tutorial Section 4#Questions and Tips|Questions and Tips]]</strong>
 
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==POV-Ray Reference==
 
==POV-Ray Reference==
:<strong>2.1 [[Documentation:Reference Section 1#Introduction|Introduction]]</strong>
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:<strong>3.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 1#Introduction|Introduction]]</strong>
 
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:<strong>3.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 3#Command-Line Options|Command-Line Options]]</strong>
 
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::3.3.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 3#Special Command-Line Options|Special Command-Line Options]]
 
::3.3.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 3#Special Command-Line Options|Special Command-Line Options]]
::3.3.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 3#Adding New Resolutions|Adding New Resolutions]]
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::3.3.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 3#The Benchmark Command-line Option|The Benchmark Command-line Option]]
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::3.3.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 3#Non-Standard Installations|Non-Standard Installations]]
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:::3.3.4.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 3#Background|Background]]
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:::3.3.4.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 3#The /INSTALL and /QINSTALL switches|The /INSTALL and /QINSTALL switches]]
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:::3.3.4.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 3#Publishing via Group Policy|Publishing via Group Policy]]
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:::3.3.4.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 3#System Admins / Lab Techs|System Admins / Lab Techs]]
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::3.3.5 [[Documentation:Windows Section 3#Adding New Resolutions|Adding New Resolutions]]
 
:<strong>3.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 4#Windows|Windows]]</strong>
 
:<strong>3.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 4#Windows|Windows]]</strong>
 
::3.4.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 4#The Main Window|The Main Window]]
 
::3.4.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 4#The Main Window|The Main Window]]
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:::3.5.1.6 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Exit|Exit]]
 
:::3.5.1.6 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Exit|Exit]]
 
:::3.5.1.7 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#MRU List|MRU List]]
 
:::3.5.1.7 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#MRU List|MRU List]]
:::3.5.1.8 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Older Files|Older Files]]
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:::3.5.1.8 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Older Files sub-menu|Older Files sub-menu]]
 
::3.5.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Edit Menu|Edit Menu]]
 
::3.5.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Edit Menu|Edit Menu]]
 
:::3.5.2.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Copy Pane|Copy Pane]]
 
:::3.5.2.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Copy Pane|Copy Pane]]
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:::3.5.2.8 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Delete|Delete]]
 
:::3.5.2.9 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Select All|Select All]]
 
:::3.5.2.9 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Select All|Select All]]
:::3.5.2.10 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Selection|Selection]]
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::::3.5.2.10.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Indent|Indent]]
 
::::3.5.2.10.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Indent|Indent]]
 
::::3.5.2.10.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Indent To Previous|Indent To Previous]]
 
::::3.5.2.10.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Indent To Previous|Indent To Previous]]
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::::3.5.2.10.7 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Convert Tabs To Spaces|Convert Tabs To Spaces]]
 
::::3.5.2.10.7 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Convert Tabs To Spaces|Convert Tabs To Spaces]]
 
::3.5.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Search Menu|Search Menu]]
 
::3.5.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Search Menu|Search Menu]]
:::3.5.3.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Find|Find]]
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:::3.5.3.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Find dialog|Find dialog]]
 
::::3.5.3.1.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Match Whole Word Only|Match Whole Word Only]]
 
::::3.5.3.1.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Match Whole Word Only|Match Whole Word Only]]
 
::::3.5.3.1.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Match Case|Match Case]]
 
::::3.5.3.1.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Match Case|Match Case]]
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:::3.5.3.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Find Next|Find Next]]
 
:::3.5.3.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Find Next|Find Next]]
 
:::3.5.3.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Match Brace|Match Brace]]
 
:::3.5.3.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Match Brace|Match Brace]]
::3.5.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Text Menu|Text Menu]]
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::3.5.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Text Menu|Text Menu]]
:::3.5.4.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Show White Space|Show White Space]]
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:::3.5.4.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Show White Space|Show White Space]]
:::3.5.4.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Set Repeat Count|Set Repeat Count]]
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:::3.5.4.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Set Repeat Count|Set Repeat Count]]
:::3.5.4.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Tab Size|Tab Size]]
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:::3.5.4.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Tab Size|Tab Size]]
:::3.5.4.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Indent|Indent]]
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:::3.5.4.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Indent sub-menu|Indent sub-menu]]
::::3.5.4.4.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5#Auto-Indent Style|Auto-Indent Style]]
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::::3.5.4.4.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Auto-Indent Style sub-menu|Auto-Indent Style sub-menu]]
 
::::3.5.4.4.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#None|None]]
 
::::3.5.4.4.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#None|None]]
 
::::3.5.4.4.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Language Scope|Language Scope]]
 
::::3.5.4.4.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Language Scope|Language Scope]]
 
::::3.5.4.4.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Copy From Previous Line|Copy From Previous Line]]
 
::::3.5.4.4.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Copy From Previous Line|Copy From Previous Line]]
:::3.5.4.5 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Bookmarks|Bookmarks]]
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:::3.5.4.5 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Bookmarks sub-menu|Bookmarks sub-menu]]
 
::::3.5.4.5.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Clear All|Clear All]]
 
::::3.5.4.5.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Clear All|Clear All]]
 
::::3.5.4.5.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#First|First]]
 
::::3.5.4.5.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#First|First]]
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:::3.5.5.8 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Overlay Keyword Expansion On Tab Key|Overlay Keyword Expansion On Tab Key]]
 
:::3.5.5.8 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Overlay Keyword Expansion On Tab Key|Overlay Keyword Expansion On Tab Key]]
 
:::3.5.5.9 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Show Message Window|Show Message Window]]
 
:::3.5.5.9 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Show Message Window|Show Message Window]]
:::3.5.5.10 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Editor Preferences Dialog|Editor Preferences Dialog]]
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:::3.5.5.10 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Editor Preferences dialog|Editor Preferences dialog]]
 
:::3.5.5.11 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Record Macro/Play Macro|Record Macro/Play Macro]]
 
:::3.5.5.11 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Record Macro/Play Macro|Record Macro/Play Macro]]
:::3.5.5.12 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Auto-Reload|Auto-Reload]]
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:::3.5.5.12 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Auto-Reload sub-menu|Auto-Reload sub-menu]]
:::3.5.5.13 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Scroll Bars|Scroll Bars]]
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:::3.5.5.13 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Scroll Bars sub-menu|Scroll Bars sub-menu]]
:::3.5.5.14 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Color Scheme|Color Scheme]]
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:::3.5.5.14 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Color Scheme sub-menu|Color Scheme sub-menu]]
 
:::3.5.5.15 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Editor Preferences|Editor Preferences]]
 
:::3.5.5.15 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Editor Preferences|Editor Preferences]]
 
::::3.5.5.15.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Color/Font|Color/Font]]
 
::::3.5.5.15.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Color/Font|Color/Font]]
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:::::3.5.5.15.4.11 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Max Undoable Actions|Max Undoable Actions]]
 
:::::3.5.5.15.4.11 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.1#Max Undoable Actions|Max Undoable Actions]]
 
::3.5.6 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Insert Menu|Insert Menu]]
 
::3.5.6 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Insert Menu|Insert Menu]]
:::3.5.6.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#How the Insert Menu is Built|How the Insert Menu is Built]]
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:::3.5.6.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Physical Layout|Physical Layout]]
:::3.5.6.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Physical Layout|Physical Layout]]
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:::3.5.6.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Sorting the Insert Menu|Sorting the Insert Menu]]
:::3.5.6.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Sorting the Insert Menu|Sorting the Insert Menu]]
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:::3.5.6.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Adding a Separator|Adding a Separator]]
:::3.5.6.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Adding a Separator|Adding a Separator]]
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:::3.5.6.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Using the Insert Menu|Using the Insert Menu]]
:::3.5.6.5 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Using the Insert Menu|Using the Insert Menu]]
 
 
::3.5.7 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Render Menu|Render Menu]]
 
::3.5.7 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Render Menu|Render Menu]]
:::3.5.7.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Edit Settings/Render|Edit Settings/Render]]
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:::3.5.7.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Edit Settings/Render dialog|Edit Settings/Render dialog]]
:::3.5.7.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Select File and Render|Select File and Render]]
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:::3.5.7.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Select File and Render dialog|Select File and Render dialog]]
 
:::3.5.7.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Start Rendering (Go!)/Stop Rendering|Start Rendering (Go!)/Stop Rendering]]
 
:::3.5.7.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Start Rendering (Go!)/Stop Rendering|Start Rendering (Go!)/Stop Rendering]]
 
:::3.5.7.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Run Demo|Run Demo]]
 
:::3.5.7.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Run Demo|Run Demo]]
 
:::3.5.7.5 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Run Benchmark|Run Benchmark]]
 
:::3.5.7.5 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Run Benchmark|Run Benchmark]]
:::3.5.7.6 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#File Queue|File Queue]]
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:::3.5.7.6 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#File Queue dialog|File Queue dialog]]
 
:::3.5.7.7 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Clear Queue|Clear Queue]]
 
:::3.5.7.7 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Clear Queue|Clear Queue]]
:::3.5.7.8 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Render Priority|Render Priority]]
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:::3.5.7.8 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Render Priority sub-menu|Render Priority sub-menu]]
:::3.5.7.9 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Duty Cycle|Duty Cycle]]
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:::3.5.7.9 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Duty Cycle sub-menu|Duty Cycle sub-menu]]
:::3.5.7.10 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Sound Settings|Sound Settings]]
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:::3.5.7.10 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Thread Count dialog|Thread Count dialog]]
:::3.5.7.11 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#On Completion|On Completion]]
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:::3.5.7.11 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Prevent Sleep|Prevent Sleep]]
::::3.5.7.11.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Do Nothing|Do Nothing]]
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:::3.5.7.12 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Sound Settings dialog|Sound Settings dialog]]
::::3.5.7.11.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Display Message|Display Message]]
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:::3.5.7.13 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#On Completion sub-menu|On Completion sub-menu]]
::::3.5.7.11.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Exit POV-Ray for Windows|Exit POV-Ray for Windows]]
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::::3.5.7.13.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Do Nothing|Do Nothing]]
::::3.5.7.11.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#File List|File List]]
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::::3.5.7.13.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Exit POV-Ray for Windows|Exit POV-Ray for Windows]]
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::::3.5.7.13.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#File List|File List]]
 
::3.5.8 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Options Menu|Options Menu]]
 
::3.5.8 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Options Menu|Options Menu]]
 
:::3.5.8.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Keep Single Instance|Keep Single Instance]]
 
:::3.5.8.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Keep Single Instance|Keep Single Instance]]
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:::3.5.8.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Place in System Tray|Place in System Tray]]
 
:::3.5.8.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Place in System Tray|Place in System Tray]]
 
:::3.5.8.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Script I/O Restrictions|Script I/O Restrictions]]
 
:::3.5.8.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Script I/O Restrictions|Script I/O Restrictions]]
:::3.5.8.5 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Drag'N'Drop Destination|Drag'N'Drop Destination]]
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:::3.5.8.5 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Drag'N'Drop Destination sub-menu|Drag'N'Drop Destination sub-menu]]
:::3.5.8.6 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Online Operations|Online Operations]]
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:::3.5.8.6 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Update Checks sub-menu|Update Checks sub-menu]]
::::3.5.8.6.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Check For New Versions|Check For New Versions]]
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::::3.5.8.6.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Periodically Check for Updates|Periodically Check for Updates]]
::::3.5.8.6.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Include System Information|Include System Information]]
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:::3.5.8.7 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Other Settings|Other Settings]]
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::::3.5.8.6.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Check for Update Now|Check for Update Now]]
::::3.5.8.7.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Use Editor|Use Editor]]
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:::3.5.8.7 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Other Settings sub-menu|Other Settings sub-menu]]
::::3.5.8.7.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Show Tips of the Day|Show Tips of the Day]]
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::::3.5.8.7.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Video Source sub-menu|Video Source sub-menu]]
::::3.5.8.7.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Show Tooltips|Show Tooltips]]
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::::3.5.8.7.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Preserve Messages|Preserve Messages]]
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::::3.5.8.7.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Show Tips of the Day|Show Tips of the Day]]
::::3.5.8.7.5 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Save Settings on Exit|Save Settings on Exit]]
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::::3.5.8.7.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Show Tooltips|Show Tooltips]]
::::3.5.8.7.6 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Hide New User Help|Hide New User Help]]
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::::3.5.8.7.5 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Preserve Messages|Preserve Messages]]
::::3.5.8.7.7 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Show Next Tip|Show Next Tip]]
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::::3.5.8.7.6 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Save Settings on Exit|Save Settings on Exit]]
::::3.5.8.7.8 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Re-Render Insert Menu Bitmaps|Re-Render Insert Menu Bitmaps]]
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::::3.5.8.7.7 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Hide New User Help|Hide New User Help]]
::::3.5.8.7.9 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Message Window|Message Window]]
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::::3.5.8.7.8 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Show Next Tip|Show Next Tip]]
::::3.5.8.7.10 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Select Plain Background|Select Plain Background]]
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::::3.5.8.7.9 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Re-Render Insert Menu Bitmaps|Re-Render Insert Menu Bitmaps]]
::::3.5.8.7.11 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Text Font|Text Font]]
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::::3.5.8.7.10 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Message Window sub-menu|Message Window sub-menu]]
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::::3.5.8.7.13 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Background Color|Background Color]]
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::::3.5.8.7.14 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Tiling Options|Tiling Options]]
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::::3.5.8.7.15 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Render Window|Render Window]]
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::::3.5.8.7.14 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Background Color|Background Color]]
::::3.5.8.7.16 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Force 8 Bit Display|Force 8 Bit Display]]
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::::3.5.8.7.15 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Tiling Options|Tiling Options]]
::::3.5.8.7.17 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Preserve Contents During Animation|Preserve Contents During Animation]]
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::::3.5.8.7.16 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Render Window sub-menu|Render Window sub-menu]]
::::3.5.8.7.18 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Re-display|Re-display]]
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::::3.5.8.7.17 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Force 8 Bit Display|Force 8 Bit Display]]
::::3.5.8.7.19 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Autoclose|Autoclose]]
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::::3.5.8.7.18 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Preserve Contents During Animation|Preserve Contents During Animation]]
::::3.5.8.7.20 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Close|Close]]
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::::3.5.8.7.19 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Re-Display|Re-Display]]
::::3.5.8.7.21 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Keep Above Main|Keep Above Main]]
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::::3.5.8.7.20 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Autoclose|Autoclose]]
::::3.5.8.7.22 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Get Focus on Creation|Get Focus on Creation]]
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::::3.5.8.7.21 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Close|Close]]
::::3.5.8.7.23 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Hide When Main Minimized|Hide When Main Minimized]]
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::::3.5.8.7.22 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Keep Above Main|Keep Above Main]]
::::3.5.8.7.24 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Editor Window|Editor Window]]
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::::3.5.8.7.24 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Hide When Main Minimized|Hide When Main Minimized]]
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::::3.5.8.7.25 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.2#Editor Window sub-menu|Editor Window sub-menu]]
 
::3.5.9 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Tools Menu|Tools Menu]]
 
::3.5.9 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Tools Menu|Tools Menu]]
 
:::3.5.9.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#PVTOOLS.INI Syntax|PVTOOLS.INI Syntax]]
 
:::3.5.9.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#PVTOOLS.INI Syntax|PVTOOLS.INI Syntax]]
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:::3.5.9.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Edit PVTOOLS.INI|Edit PVTOOLS.INI]]
 
:::3.5.9.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Edit PVTOOLS.INI|Edit PVTOOLS.INI]]
 
:::3.5.9.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Example PVTOOLS.INI|Example PVTOOLS.INI]]
 
:::3.5.9.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Example PVTOOLS.INI|Example PVTOOLS.INI]]
::3.5.10 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Context Menus|Context Menus]]
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::3.5.10 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Window Menu|Window Menu]]
:::3.5.10.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#The Message Window Context Menu|The Message Window Context Menu]]
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::3.5.11 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Context Menus|Context Menus]]
:::3.5.10.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Minimize to System Tray|Minimize to System Tray]]
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:::3.5.11.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#The Message Window context menu|The Message Window context menu]]
:::3.5.10.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Show Tip|Show Tip]]
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:::3.5.11.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Minimize to System Tray|Minimize to System Tray]]
:::3.5.10.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#The Render Window Context Menu|The Render Window Context Menu]]
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:::3.5.11.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Show Tip|Show Tip]]
:::3.5.10.5 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#The Editor Window Context Menu|The Editor Window Context Menu]]
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:::3.5.11.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#The Render Window context menu|The Render Window context menu]]
:::3.5.10.6 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Show or Hide Messages|Show or Hide Messages]]
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:::3.5.11.5 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#The Editor Window context menu|The Editor Window context menu]]
:::3.5.10.7 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Context Help|Context Help]]
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:::3.5.11.6 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Show or Hide Messages|Show or Hide Messages]]
:::3.5.10.8 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Open Filename|Open Filename]]
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:::3.5.10.9 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Copy "..." to Command-Line|Copy "..." to Command-Line]]
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:::3.5.11.8 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Open Filename|Open Filename]]
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:::3.5.11.9 [[Documentation:Windows Section 5.3#Copy ... to Command-Line|Copy ... to Command-Line]]
 
:<strong>3.6 [[Documentation:Windows Section 6#Bug Reports|Bug Reports]]</strong>
 
:<strong>3.6 [[Documentation:Windows Section 6#Bug Reports|Bug Reports]]</strong>
::3.6.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 6#Feature Requests are not bugs|Feature Requests are not bugs]]
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::3.6.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 6#Bugs and GUI Extensions|Bugs and GUI Extensions]]
::3.6.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 6#Known Bugs|Known Bugs]]
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::3.6.2 [[Documentation:Windows Section 6#Crash Upload Utility|Crash Upload Utility]]
::3.6.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 6#Bugs and GUI Extensions|Bugs and GUI Extensions]]
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::3.6.3 [[Documentation:Windows Section 6#Bug Reporting via Email|Bug Reporting via Email]]
::3.6.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 6#Crash Upload Utility|Crash Upload Utility]]
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::3.6.4 [[Documentation:Windows Section 6#Bug Reporting via our Bug Tracking System|Bug Reporting via our Bug Tracking System]]
::3.6.5 [[Documentation:Windows Section 6#Bug Reporting via Email|Bug Reporting via Email]]
 
::3.6.6 [[Documentation:Windows Section 6#Bug Reporting via our Bug Tracking System|Bug Reporting via our Bug Tracking System]]
 
 
:<strong>3.7 [[Documentation:Windows Section 7#Speed Considerations|Speed Considerations]]</strong>
 
:<strong>3.7 [[Documentation:Windows Section 7#Speed Considerations|Speed Considerations]]</strong>
 
::3.7.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 7#Render Priority|Render Priority]]
 
::3.7.1 [[Documentation:Windows Section 7#Render Priority|Render Priority]]
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:<strong>4.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 1#Introduction|Introduction]]</strong>
 
:<strong>4.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 1#Introduction|Introduction]]</strong>
 
::4.1.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 1#What's new in POV-Ray for Mac OS|What's new in POV-Ray for Mac OS]]
 
::4.1.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 1#What's new in POV-Ray for Mac OS|What's new in POV-Ray for Mac OS]]
::4.1.2 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 1#Installation|Installation]]
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::4.1.2 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 1#Requirements|Requirements]]
::4.1.3 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 1#Requirements|Requirements]]
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::4.1.3 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 1#Installation|Installation]]
 
::4.1.4 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 1#Bug Reporting via our Bug Tracking System|Bug Reporting via our Bug Tracking System]]
 
::4.1.4 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 1#Bug Reporting via our Bug Tracking System|Bug Reporting via our Bug Tracking System]]
 
:<strong>4.2 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 2#Getting Started|Getting Started]]</strong>
 
:<strong>4.2 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 2#Getting Started|Getting Started]]</strong>
:<strong>4.3 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 3#Menus|Menus]]</strong>
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::4.3.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 3#Apple Menu|Apple Menu]]
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::4.3.3 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 3#Edit Menu|Edit Menu]]
 
::4.3.4 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 3#Search Menu|Search Menu]]
 
::4.3.5 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 3#Templates Menu|Templates Menu]]
 
::4.3.6 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 3#Render Menu|Render Menu]]
 
::4.3.7 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 3#Window Menu|Window Menu]]
 
::4.3.8 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 3#Help Menu|Help Menu]]
 
:<strong>4.4 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 4#Windows|Windows]]</strong>
 
::4.4.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 4#Message Window|Message Window]]
 
::4.4.2 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 4#Text Editor Window|Text Editor Window]]
 
::4.4.3 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 4#Render Preview Window|Render Preview Window]]
 
::4.4.4 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 4#Templates Window|Templates Window]]
 
:<strong>4.5 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Dialogs|Dialogs]]</strong>
 
::4.5.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Preferences Dialog|Preferences Dialog]]
 
:::4.5.1.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#General Pane|General Pane]]
 
::::4.5.1.1.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Fast Preview Mode|Fast Preview Mode]]
 
::::4.5.1.1.2 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Fast Functions|Fast Functions]]
 
::::4.5.1.1.3 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Background Rendering|Background Rendering]]
 
::::4.5.1.1.4 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Use Temporary Memory|Use Temporary Memory]]
 
::::4.5.1.1.5 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Render Engine|Render Engine]]
 
:::4.5.1.2 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Editor Pane|Editor Pane]]
 
::::4.5.1.2.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Font|Font]]
 
::::4.5.1.2.2 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Size|Size]]
 
::::4.5.1.2.3 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Tab Size|Tab Size]]
 
::::4.5.1.2.4 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Auto Indent|Auto Indent]]
 
::::4.5.1.2.5 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Syntax Coloring|Syntax Coloring]]
 
::::4.5.1.2.6 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Symbol Coloring|Symbol Coloring]]
 
:::4.5.1.3 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Actions Pane|Actions Pane]]
 
::::4.5.1.3.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Startup Actions|Startup Actions]]
 
::::4.5.1.3.2 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Startup and termination script actions|Startup and termination script actions]]
 
::::4.5.1.3.3 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Actions after all jobs finished|Actions after all jobs finished]]
 
:::4.5.1.4 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Files Pane|Files Pane]]
 
::::4.5.1.4.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Allow rendering of .pov files only|Allow rendering of .pov files only]]
 
::::4.5.1.4.2 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Application creator codes for output files|Application creator codes for output files]]
 
:::4.5.1.5 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Scenes Pane|Scenes Pane]]
 
::::4.5.1.5.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Global Include Paths|Global Include Paths]]
 
::::4.5.1.5.2 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Default Render Settings Set|Default Render Settings Set]]
 
::4.5.2 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Render Settings Dialog|Render Settings Dialog]]
 
:::4.5.2.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Scene Pane|Scene Pane]]
 
::::4.5.2.1.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Command-Line|Command-Line]]
 
::::4.5.2.1.2 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Language|Language]]
 
::::4.5.2.1.3 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Show Preview|Show Preview]]
 
::::4.5.2.1.4 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Mosaic Preview|Mosaic Preview]]
 
::::4.5.2.1.5 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#File Specific Include Paths|File Specific Include Paths]]
 
:::4.5.2.2 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Quality Pane|Quality Pane]]
 
::::4.5.2.2.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Render Quality|Render Quality]]
 
::::4.5.2.2.2 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Anti-Aliasing|Anti-Aliasing]]
 
:::4.5.2.3 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Optimization Pane|Optimization Pane]]
 
::::4.5.2.3.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Auto-Bounding|Auto-Bounding]]
 
::::4.5.2.3.2 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Ignore any bounded_by in scene|Ignore any bounded_by in scene]]
 
::::4.5.2.3.3 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Split Unions|Split Unions]]
 
::::4.5.2.3.4 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Use Light Buffer|Use Light Buffer]]
 
::::4.5.2.3.5 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Use Vista Buffer|Use Vista Buffer]]
 
::::4.5.2.3.6 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Draw Vista Buffers|Draw Vista Buffers]]
 
:::4.5.2.4 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Output Pane|Output Pane]]
 
::::4.5.2.4.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Image Size|Image Size]]
 
::::4.5.2.4.2 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Partial Image|Partial Image]]
 
::::4.5.2.4.3 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Save Image As|Save Image As]]
 
::::4.5.2.4.4 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Bits per color|Bits per color]]
 
::::4.5.2.4.5 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Add Alpha-Channel|Add Alpha-Channel]]
 
::::4.5.2.4.6 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Compression|Compression]]
 
::::4.5.2.4.7 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Set Compression|Set Compression]]
 
::::4.5.2.4.8 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Save Histogram As|Save Histogram As]]
 
:::4.5.2.5 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Animation Pane|Animation Pane]]
 
::::4.5.2.5.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Frame Number|Frame Number]]
 
::::4.5.2.5.2 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Clock Value|Clock Value]]
 
::::4.5.2.5.3 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Field Rendering|Field Rendering]]
 
:::4.5.2.6 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 5#Actions Pane|Actions Pane]]
 
:<strong>4.6 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 6#Command-Line Options|Command-Line Options]]</strong>
 
:<strong>4.7 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 7#Tips and Tricks|Tips and Tricks]]</strong>
 
::4.7.1 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 7#To speed up rendering as much as possible on the Mac|To speed up rendering as much as possible on the Mac]]
 
::4.7.2 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 7#How to use TrueType fonts in the "text" object|How to use TrueType fonts in the "text" object]]
 
::4.7.3 [[Documentation:Mac OS Section 7#Known Problems|Known Problems]]
 
 
==POV-Ray for Unix==
 
==POV-Ray for Unix==
 
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:<strong>5.7 [[Documentation:Unix Section 7#Bug Reports|Bug Reports]]</strong>
 
:<strong>5.7 [[Documentation:Unix Section 7#Bug Reports|Bug Reports]]</strong>
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::5.7.5 [[Documentation:Unix Section 7#Bug Reporting via our Bug Tracking System|Bug Reporting via our Bug Tracking System]]
 
 
:<strong>5.8 [[Documentation:Unix Section 8#Speed Considerations|Speed Considerations]]</strong>
 
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Persistence Of Vision Raytracer™

Welcome

Welcome to the POV-Ray documentation repository ... if you're looking for the most up to date documentation, you've found it! This content is used to generate the documentation included with the distribution, so occasionally it can get ahead of the current release.

The content has been divided into the following five major sections:

  1. Introduction to POV-Ray
  2. POV-Ray Reference
  3. POV-Ray for Windows
  4. POV-Ray for Mac OS
  5. POV-Ray for Unix

New to POV-Ray? You'd most likely want to begin with the tutorial section. Need to locate something quickly? The list of identifiers and keywords is a good place to start. See the changes and new features summary for what's new with this release.

Introduction to POV-Ray

1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Program Description
1.1.2 What is Ray-Tracing?
1.1.3 What is POV-Ray?
1.1.4 Features
1.1.4.1 Changes and New Features Summary
1.1.4.1.1 Version 3.8
1.1.4.1.2 Version 3.7
1.1.5 Trademarks
1.1.6 The Early History of POV-Ray
1.1.6.1 The Original Creation Message
1.1.6.2 The Name
1.1.6.3 A Historic 'Version History'
1.1.7 How Do I Begin?
1.1.8 Notation and Basic Assumptions
1.2 Getting Started
1.2.1 Our First Image
1.2.1.1 Understanding POV-Ray's Coordinate System
1.2.1.2 Adding Standard Include Files
1.2.1.3 Adding a Camera
1.2.1.4 Describing an Object
1.2.1.5 Adding Texture to an Object
1.2.1.6 Defining a Light Source
1.2.2 Basic Shapes
1.2.2.1 Box Object
1.2.2.2 Cone Object
1.2.2.3 Cylinder Object
1.2.2.4 Plane Object
1.2.2.5 Torus Object
1.2.3 CSG Objects
1.2.3.1 What is CSG?
1.2.3.2 CSG Union
1.2.3.3 CSG Intersection
1.2.3.4 CSG Difference
1.2.3.5 CSG Merge
1.2.3.6 CSG Pitfalls
1.2.3.6.1 Co-incident Surfaces
1.2.4 The Light Source
1.2.4.1 The Pointlight Source
1.2.4.2 The Spotlight Source
1.2.4.3 The Cylindrical Light Source
1.2.4.4 The Area Light Source
1.2.4.5 The Ambient Light Source
1.2.4.6 Light Source Specials
1.2.4.6.1 Using Shadowless Lights
1.2.4.6.2 Assigning an Object to a Light Source
1.2.4.6.3 Using Light Fading
1.2.5 Simple Texture Options
1.2.5.1 Surface Finishes
1.2.5.2 Adding Bumpiness
1.2.5.3 Creating Color Patterns
1.2.5.4 Pre-defined Textures
1.2.6 Using the Camera
1.2.6.1 Using Focal Blur
1.2.7 POV-Ray Coordinate System
1.2.7.1 Transformations
1.2.7.1.1 Translate
1.2.7.1.2 Scale
1.2.7.1.3 Rotate
1.2.7.1.4 Matrix
1.2.7.2 Transformation Order
1.2.7.3 Inverse Transform
1.2.7.4 Transform Identifiers
1.2.7.5 Transforming Textures and Objects
1.2.8 Setting POV-Ray Options
1.2.8.1 Command Line Switches
1.2.8.2 Using INI Files
1.2.8.3 Using the POVINI Environment Variable
1.3 Advanced Features
1.3.1 Spline Based Shapes
1.3.1.1 Lathe Object
1.3.1.1.1 Understanding The Concept of Splines
1.3.1.2 Surface of Revolution Object
1.3.1.3 Prism Object
1.3.1.3.1 Teaching An Old Spline New Tricks
1.3.1.3.2 Smooth Transitions
1.3.1.3.3 Multiple Sub-Shapes
1.3.1.3.4 Conic Sweeps And The Tapering Effect
1.3.1.4 Sphere Sweep Object
1.3.1.5 Bicubic Patch Object
1.3.1.6 Text Object
1.3.2 Polygon Based Shapes
1.3.2.1 Mesh Object
1.3.2.2 Mesh2 Object
1.3.2.2.1 Smooth triangles and mesh2
1.3.2.2.2 UV mapping and mesh2
1.3.2.2.3 A separate texture per triangle
1.3.2.3 Polygon Object
1.3.3 Other Shapes
1.3.3.1 Blob Object
1.3.3.1.1 Component Types and Other New Features
1.3.3.1.2 Complex Blob Constructs and Negative Strength
1.3.3.2 Height Field Object
1.3.3.3 Isosurface Object
1.3.3.3.1 Simple functions
1.3.3.3.2 Several surfaces
1.3.3.3.3 Non-linear functions
1.3.3.3.4 Specifying functions
1.3.3.3.5 Internal functions
1.3.3.3.6 Combining isosurface functions
1.3.3.3.7 Noise and pigment functions
1.3.3.3.8 Conditional directives and loops
1.3.3.3.9 Transformations on functions
1.3.3.3.10 Improving Isosurface Speed
1.3.3.4 Poly Object
1.3.3.4.1 Creating the polynomial function
1.3.3.4.2 Writing the polynomial vector
1.3.3.4.3 Polynomial made easy
1.3.3.5 Superquadric Ellipsoid Object
1.3.4 Gamma Handling
1.3.4.1 Setting Up Your Display
1.3.4.2 Setting Up POV-Ray
1.3.4.3 Gamma in Output Images
1.3.4.4 Setting Up Your Scene
1.3.4.5 Gamma in Literal Colors
1.3.4.6 Gamma in Input Images
1.3.4.7 Gamma in Legacy Scenes
1.3.5 Advanced Texture Options
1.3.5.1 Pigments
1.3.5.1.1 Using Color List Pigments
1.3.5.1.2 Using Pigment and Patterns
1.3.5.1.3 Using Pattern Modifiers
1.3.5.1.4 Using Transparent Pigments and Layered Textures
1.3.5.1.5 Using Pigment Maps
1.3.5.2 Normals
1.3.5.2.1 Using Basic Normal Modifiers
1.3.5.2.2 Blending Normals
1.3.5.2.3 Slope Map Tutorial
1.3.5.2.3.1 Slopes, what are they?
1.3.5.2.3.2 Syntax of a slope map
1.3.5.2.3.3 Examples of slope maps
1.3.5.3 Finishes
1.3.5.3.1 Using Ambient
1.3.5.3.2 Using Emission
1.3.5.3.3 Using Surface Highlights
1.3.5.3.4 Using Reflection, Metallic and Metallic
1.3.5.3.5 Using Iridescence
1.3.5.4 Working With Pigment Maps
1.3.5.5 Working With Normal Maps
1.3.5.6 Working With Texture Maps
1.3.5.7 Working With List Textures
1.3.5.8 What About Tiles?
1.3.5.9 Average Function
1.3.5.10 Working With Layered Textures
1.3.5.10.1 Declaring Layered Textures
1.3.5.10.2 Another Layered Textures Example
1.3.5.11 When All Else Fails: Material Maps
1.3.5.12 Limitations Of Special Textures
1.3.6 Using Atmospheric Effects
1.3.6.1 The Background
1.3.6.2 The Sky Sphere
1.3.6.2.1 Creating a Sky with a Color Gradient
1.3.6.2.2 Adding the Sun
1.3.6.2.3 Adding Some Clouds
1.3.6.3 The Fog
1.3.6.3.1 A Constant Fog
1.3.6.3.2 Setting a Minimum Translucency
1.3.6.3.3 Creating a Filtering Fog
1.3.6.3.4 Adding Some Turbulence to the Fog
1.3.6.3.5 Using Ground Fog
1.3.6.3.6 Using Multiple Layers of Fog
1.3.6.3.7 Fog and Hollow Objects
1.3.6.4 The Rainbow
1.3.6.4.1 Starting With a Simple Rainbow
1.3.6.4.2 Increasing the Rainbow's Translucency
1.3.6.4.3 Using a Rainbow Arc
1.3.7 Simple Media Tutorial
1.3.7.1 Types of media
1.3.7.2 Some media concepts
1.3.7.3 Simple media examples
1.3.7.3.1 Emitting media
1.3.7.3.2 Absorbing media
1.3.7.3.3 Scattering media
1.3.7.4 Multiple medias inside the same object
1.3.7.5 Media and transformations
1.3.7.6 A more advanced example of scattering media
1.3.7.7 Media and photons
1.3.8 Radiosity
1.3.8.1 Introduction
1.3.8.2 Radiosity with conventional lighting
1.3.8.3 Radiosity without conventional lighting
1.3.8.4 Normals and Radiosity
1.3.8.5 Performance considerations
1.3.9 Making Animations
1.3.9.1 The Clock Variable: Key To It All
1.3.9.2 Clock Dependant Variables And Multi-Stage Animations
1.3.9.3 The Phase Keyword
1.3.9.4 Do Not Use Jitter Or Crand
1.3.9.5 INI File Settings
1.3.10 While-loop tutorial
1.3.10.1 What a while-loop is and what it is not
1.3.10.2 How does a single while-loop work?
1.3.10.3 How do I make a while-loop?
1.3.10.4 What is a condition and how do I make one?
1.3.10.5 What about loop types other than simple for-loops?
1.3.10.6 What about nested loops?
1.3.10.7 Mixed-type nested loops
1.3.10.8 Other things to note
1.3.11 SDL tutorial: A raytracer
1.3.11.1 Introduction
1.3.11.2 The idea and the code
1.3.11.3 Short introduction to raytracing
1.3.11.4 Global settings
1.3.11.5 Scene definition
1.3.11.6 Initializing the raytracer
1.3.11.7 Ray-sphere intersection
1.3.11.7.1 Inner workings of a macro
1.3.11.7.2 The ray-sphere intersection macro
1.3.11.8 The Trace macro
1.3.11.8.1 Calculating the closest intersection
1.3.11.8.2 If the ray doesn't hit anything
1.3.11.8.3 Initializing color calculations
1.3.11.8.4 Going through the light sources
1.3.11.8.5 Shadow test
1.3.11.8.6 Diffuse lighting
1.3.11.8.7 Specular lighting
1.3.11.8.8 Reflection Calculation
1.3.11.9 Calculating the image
1.3.11.10 Creating the colored mesh
1.3.11.10.1 The structure of the mesh
1.3.11.10.2 Creating the mesh
1.3.11.10.3 Creating the vertex points
1.3.11.10.4 Creating the textures
1.3.11.10.5 Creating the triangles
1.3.11.11 The Camera-setup
1.4 Questions and Tips
1.5 Appendices
1.5.1 Contacting the Authors
1.5.2 POV-Ray License
1.5.3 Contact Information
1.5.4 Support Library Licenses
1.5.4.1 OpenEXR
1.5.5 Citing POV-Ray in Academic Publications
1.5.6 Contributors to POV-Ray
1.5.7 Thanks
1.5.8 What to do if you don't have POV-Ray
1.5.8.1 Which Version of POV-Ray should you use?
1.5.8.1.1 Microsoft Windows
1.5.8.1.2 Apple Macintosh
1.5.8.1.3 Linux/Unix
1.5.8.1.4 All Versions
1.5.8.2 Where to Find POV-Ray Files
1.5.8.2.1 World Wide Website www.povray.org
1.5.9 Suggested Reading

POV-Ray Reference

2.1 Introduction
2.2 Command-line Options
2.2.1 Animation Options
2.2.1.1 External Animation Loop
2.2.1.2 Internal Animation Loop
2.2.1.3 Subsets of Animation Frames
2.2.1.4 Cyclic Animation
2.2.1.5 Field Renderings
2.2.2 General Output Options
2.2.2.1 Height and Width of Output
2.2.2.2 Max Image Buffer Memory
2.2.2.3 Partial Output Options
2.2.2.4 Interrupting Options
2.2.2.5 Resuming Options
2.2.3 Display Output Options
2.2.3.1 Display Hardware Settings
2.2.3.2 Setting your Display Gamma
2.2.3.3 Display Related Settings
2.2.3.4 Mosaic Preview
2.2.4 File Output Options
2.2.4.1 Output File Type
2.2.4.2 Output File Name
2.2.4.3 Output File Buffer
2.2.4.4 Output File Dithering
2.2.4.5 Output File Gamma
2.2.4.6 CPU Utilization Histogram
2.2.5 Scene Parsing Options
2.2.5.1 Constant
2.2.5.2 Include File Name
2.2.5.3 Library Paths
2.2.5.4 Language Version
2.2.6 Shell Command Options
2.2.6.1 String Substitution in Shell Commands
2.2.6.2 Shell Command Sequencing
2.2.6.3 Shell Command Return Actions
2.2.7 Text Output Options
2.2.7.1 Text Streams
2.2.7.2 Console Text Output
2.2.7.3 Directing Text Streams to Files
2.2.7.4 Warning Levels
2.2.7.5 Help Screen Switches
2.2.8 Tracing Options
2.2.8.1 Symmetric MultiProcessing
2.2.8.2 Render Block Size
2.2.8.2.1 Render Pattern
2.2.8.2.2 Render Block Step
2.2.8.3 Quality Settings
2.2.8.4 Automatic Bounding Control
2.2.8.5 Removing User Bounding
2.2.8.6 BSP Bounding
2.2.8.7 Stochastic Seed
2.2.8.8 Anti-Aliasing Options
2.2.8.8.1 Sampling Methods Synopsis
2.2.8.8.2 Sampling Method 1
2.2.8.8.3 Sampling Method 2
2.2.8.8.4 Sampling Method 3
2.2.8.8.5 Common Properties
2.2.8.9 Radiosity Options
2.2.8.9.1 Radiosity High Reproducibility
2.2.8.9.2 Radiosity Load and Save
2.2.8.9.3 Radiosity Vain Pretrace
2.3 Scene Description Language
2.3.1 Language Basics
2.3.1.1 Notation and Basic Assumptions
2.3.1.2 Keywords
2.3.1.3 Identifiers
2.3.1.4 Comments
2.3.1.5 Numeric Expressions
2.3.1.5.1 Literals
2.3.1.5.2 Identifiers
2.3.1.5.3 Operators
2.3.1.5.4 Functions
2.3.1.5.5 Built-in Constants
2.3.1.5.6 Built-in Variables
2.3.1.6 Vector Expressions
2.3.1.6.1 Literals
2.3.1.6.2 Identifiers
2.3.1.6.3 Operators
2.3.1.6.4 Operator Promotion
2.3.1.6.5 Functions
2.3.1.6.6 Built-in Constants
2.3.1.6.7 Dot Item Access for Vectors
2.3.1.7 Color Expressions
2.3.1.7.1 Color Vectors
2.3.1.7.2 sRGB Colors
2.3.1.7.3 Color Keywords
2.3.1.7.4 Color Identifiers
2.3.1.7.5 Color Operators
2.3.1.7.6 Dot Item Access for Colors
2.3.1.7.7 Common Color Pitfalls
2.3.1.8 Function
2.3.1.8.1 Sum and Product functions
2.3.1.8.2 Functions and Macros
2.3.1.8.3 Declaring User-Defined Float Functions
2.3.1.8.4 Declaring User-Defined Vector Functions
2.3.1.8.5 Declaring User-Defined Color Functionss
2.3.1.8.6 Internal Pre-Defined Functions
2.3.1.9 Strings
2.3.1.9.1 String Literals
2.3.1.9.2 String Identifiers
2.3.1.9.3 String Relational Operators
2.3.1.9.4 String Functions
2.3.1.9.5 Built-in Variables
2.3.1.10 Array
2.3.1.10.1 Declaring Arrays
2.3.1.10.2 Array Initializers
2.3.1.11 Spline
2.3.1.11.1 Splines and Macros
2.3.1.12 Transformations
2.3.1.12.1 Translate
2.3.1.12.2 Scale
2.3.1.12.3 Rotate
2.3.1.12.4 Matrix
2.3.2 Language Directives
2.3.2.1 Include Directive
2.3.2.2 Declare and Local Directives
2.3.2.2.1 Declaring identifiers
2.3.2.2.2 declare vs. local
2.3.2.2.3 Identifier Name Collisions
2.3.2.2.4 Destroying Identifiers with undef
2.3.2.2.5 Deprecation Support
2.3.2.3 File I/O Directives
2.3.2.3.1 The fopen Directive
2.3.2.3.2 The fclose Directive
2.3.2.3.3 The read Directive
2.3.2.3.4 The write Directive
2.3.2.4 Default Directive
2.3.2.5 Version Directive
2.3.2.6 Conditional Directives
2.3.2.6.1 The if...else...end Directives
2.3.2.6.2 The ifdef and ifndef Directives
2.3.2.6.3 The for Directive
2.3.2.6.4 The switch, case, range and break Directives
2.3.2.6.5 The while...end Directive
2.3.2.7 User Message Directives
2.3.2.7.1 Text Message Streams
2.3.2.7.2 Text Formatting
2.3.2.8 User Defined Macros
2.3.2.8.1 The macro Directive
2.3.2.8.2 Invoking Macros
2.3.2.8.3 Are POV-Ray Macros a Function or a Macro?
2.3.2.8.4 Returning a Value Like a Function
2.3.2.8.5 Returning Values Via Parameters
2.3.2.8.6 Optional Parameters
2.3.2.8.7 Macro Caching
2.4 Scene File Basics
2.4.1 Global Settings
2.4.1.1 ADC_Bailout
2.4.1.2 Ambient_Light
2.4.1.3 Assumed_Gamma
2.4.1.4 HF_Gray_16
2.4.1.5 Irid_Wavelength
2.4.1.6 Charset
2.4.1.7 Max_Trace_Level
2.4.1.8 Max_Intersections
2.4.1.9 Mm_Per_Unit
2.4.1.10 Number_Of_Waves
2.4.1.11 Noise_generator
2.4.1.12 Subsurface
2.4.2 Camera
2.4.2.1 Placing the Camera
2.4.2.1.1 Location and Look_At
2.4.2.1.2 The Sky Vector
2.4.2.1.3 Angles
2.4.2.1.4 The Direction Vector
2.4.2.1.5 Up and Right Vectors
2.4.2.1.6 Aspect Ratio
2.4.2.1.7 Handedness
2.4.2.1.8 Transforming the Camera
2.4.2.2 Types of Projection
2.4.2.2.1 Perspective projection
2.4.2.2.2 Orthographic projection
2.4.2.2.3 Mesh projection
2.4.2.2.3.1 Rays Per Pixel
2.4.2.2.3.2 Distribution Type
2.4.2.2.3.3 Max Distance
2.4.2.2.3.4 Mesh Object
2.4.2.2.3.5 About the Location Vector
2.4.2.2.3.6 About the Direction Vector
2.4.2.2.3.7 The Smooth Modifier
2.4.2.2.4 Fisheye projection
2.4.2.2.5 Ultra wide angle projection
2.4.2.2.6 Omnimax projection
2.4.2.2.7 Panoramic projection
2.4.2.2.8 Cylindrical projection
2.4.2.2.9 Spherical projection
2.4.2.2.10 User defined projection
2.4.2.3 Focal Blur
2.4.2.4 Camera Ray Perturbation
2.4.2.5 Camera Identifiers
2.4.3 Lighting Types
2.4.3.1 Light Source
2.4.3.1.1 Point Lights
2.4.3.1.2 Spotlights
2.4.3.1.3 Cylindrical Lights
2.4.3.1.4 Parallel Lights
2.4.3.1.5 Area Lights
2.4.3.1.6 Shadowless Lights
2.4.3.1.7 Looks Like
2.4.3.1.8 Projected Through
2.4.3.1.9 Light Fading
2.4.3.1.10 Atmospheric Media Interaction
2.4.3.1.11 Atmospheric Attenuation
2.4.3.2 Light Group
2.4.3.3 Radiosity
2.4.3.3.1 Radiosity Basics
2.4.3.3.2 How Radiosity Works
2.4.3.3.3 Adjusting Radiosity
2.4.3.3.3.1 adc_bailout
2.4.3.3.3.2 always_sample
2.4.3.3.3.3 brightness
2.4.3.3.3.4 count
2.4.3.3.3.5 error_bound
2.4.3.3.3.6 gray_threshold
2.4.3.3.3.7 low_error_factor
2.4.3.3.3.8 max_sample
2.4.3.3.3.9 maximum_reuse
2.4.3.3.3.10 minimum_reuse
2.4.3.3.3.11 nearest_count
2.4.3.3.3.12 pretrace_start and pretrace_end
2.4.3.3.3.13 recursion_limit
2.4.3.3.4 Configuring Radiosity
2.4.3.3.4.1 Importance
2.4.3.3.4.2 Media and Radiosity
2.4.3.3.4.3 No Radiosity
2.4.3.3.4.4 Normal and Radiosity
2.4.3.3.4.5 Save and Load Radiosity Data
2.4.3.3.4.6 Subsurface and Radiosity
2.4.3.3.4.7 Brilliance and Radiosity
2.4.3.3.5 Tips on Radiosity
2.4.3.4 Photons
2.4.3.4.1 Examples
2.4.3.4.2 Using Photon Mapping in Your Scene
2.4.3.4.3 Photon Global Settings
2.4.3.4.4 Shooting Photons at an Object
2.4.3.4.5 Photons and Light Sources
2.4.3.4.6 Photons and Media
2.4.3.4.7 Photons FAQ
2.4.3.4.8 Photon Tips
2.4.3.4.9 Advanced Techniques
2.4.3.4.9.1 Autostop
2.4.3.4.9.2 Adaptive Search Radius
2.4.3.4.9.3 Photons and Dispersion
2.4.3.4.9.4 Saving and Loading Photon Maps
2.5 The Object Zoo
2.5.1 Object
2.5.1.1 Finite Solid Primitives
2.5.1.1.1 Blob
2.5.1.1.2 Box
2.5.1.1.3 Cone
2.5.1.1.4 Cylinder
2.5.1.1.5 Height Field
2.5.1.1.6 Isosurface
2.5.1.1.7 Julia Fractal
2.5.1.1.8 Lathe
2.5.1.1.9 Lemon
2.5.1.1.10 Ovus
2.5.1.1.11 Parametric
2.5.1.1.12 Prism
2.5.1.1.13 Sphere
2.5.1.1.14 Sphere Sweep
2.5.1.1.15 Superquadric Ellipsoid
2.5.1.1.16 Surface of Revolution
2.5.1.1.17 Text
2.5.1.1.18 Torus
2.5.1.2 Finite Patch Primitives
2.5.1.2.1 Bicubic Patch
2.5.1.2.2 Disc
2.5.1.2.3 Mesh
2.5.1.2.3.1 Solid Mesh
2.5.1.2.4 Mesh2
2.5.1.2.4.1 Smooth and Flat triangles in the same mesh
2.5.1.2.4.2 Mesh Triangle Textures
2.5.1.2.5 Polygon
2.5.1.2.6 Triangle
2.5.1.2.7 Smooth Triangle
2.5.1.3 Infinite Solid Primitives
2.5.1.3.1 Plane
2.5.1.3.2 Poly
2.5.1.3.3 Cubic
2.5.1.3.4 Quartic
2.5.1.3.5 Polynomial
2.5.1.3.6 Quadric
2.5.1.4 Constructive Solid Geometry
2.5.1.4.1 Inside and Outside
2.5.1.4.2 Union
2.5.1.4.2.1 Split Union
2.5.1.4.3 Intersection
2.5.1.4.4 Difference
2.5.1.4.5 Merge
2.5.1.5 Object Modifiers
2.5.1.5.1 Clipped By Object Modifier
2.5.1.5.2 Bounded By Object Modifier
2.5.1.5.3 Material
2.5.1.5.4 Hollow Object Modifier
2.5.1.5.5 Inverse Object Modifier
2.5.1.5.6 No Shadow Object Modifier
2.5.1.5.7 No Image Object Modifier
2.5.1.5.8 No Reflection Object Modifier
2.5.1.5.9 Double Illuminate Object Modifier
2.5.1.5.10 No Radiosity Object Modifier
2.5.1.5.11 Sturm Object Modifier
2.6 Embellishments
2.6.1 Texture
2.6.1.1 Pigment
2.6.1.1.1 Solid Color Pigments
2.6.1.1.2 Color Map
2.6.1.1.3 Pigment Map
2.6.1.1.4 Color List Pigments
2.6.1.1.5 Quick Color
2.6.1.2 Normal
2.6.1.2.1 Normal Map
2.6.1.2.2 Slope Map
2.6.1.2.2.1 Normals, Accuracy
2.6.1.2.3 Bump Map
2.6.1.2.3.1 Specifying a Bump Map
2.6.1.2.3.2 Bump_Size
2.6.1.2.3.3 Use_Index and Use_Color
2.6.1.2.4 Scaling normals
2.6.1.3 Finish
2.6.1.3.1 Ambient
2.6.1.3.2 Emission
2.6.1.3.3 Diffuse Reflection Items
2.6.1.3.3.1 Diffuse
2.6.1.3.3.2 Brilliance
2.6.1.3.3.3 Crand Graininess
2.6.1.3.3.4 Subsurface Light Transport
2.6.1.3.4 Highlights
2.6.1.3.4.1 Phong Highlights
2.6.1.3.4.2 Specular Highlight
2.6.1.3.4.3 Metallic Highlight Modifier
2.6.1.3.5 Specular Reflection
2.6.1.3.6 Conserve Energy for Reflection
2.6.1.3.7 Iridescence
2.6.1.4 Halo
2.6.1.5 Patterned Textures
2.6.1.5.1 Texture Maps
2.6.1.5.2 Tiles
2.6.1.5.3 Material Maps
2.6.1.5.3.1 Specifying a Material Map
2.6.1.6 Layered Textures
2.6.1.7 UV Mapping
2.6.1.7.1 Supported Objects
2.6.1.7.2 UV Vectors
2.6.1.8 Triangle Texture Interpolation
2.6.1.9 Interior Texture
2.6.1.10 Cutaway Textures
2.6.2 Pattern
2.6.2.1 General Patterns
2.6.2.1.1 Agate Pattern
2.6.2.1.2 Boxed Pattern
2.6.2.1.3 Bozo Pattern
2.6.2.1.4 Brick Pattern
2.6.2.1.5 Bumps Pattern
2.6.2.1.6 Cubic Pattern
2.6.2.1.7 Cylindrical Pattern
2.6.2.1.8 Density File Pattern
2.6.2.1.8.1 df3 file format
2.6.2.1.9 Dents Pattern
2.6.2.1.10 Facets Pattern
2.6.2.1.11 Fractal Pattern
2.6.2.1.12 Function Pattern
2.6.2.1.12.1 What can be used
2.6.2.1.12.2 Function Image
2.6.2.1.13 Gradient Pattern
2.6.2.1.14 Granite Pattern
2.6.2.1.15 Leopard Pattern
2.6.2.1.16 Marble Pattern
2.6.2.1.17 Onion Pattern
2.6.2.1.18 Pavement Pattern
2.6.2.1.19 Pigment Pattern
2.6.2.1.20 Planar Pattern
2.6.2.1.21 Quilted Pattern
2.6.2.1.22 Radial Pattern
2.6.2.1.23 Ripples Pattern
2.6.2.1.24 Spherical Pattern
2.6.2.1.25 Spiral1 Pattern
2.6.2.1.26 Spiral2 Pattern
2.6.2.1.27 Spotted Pattern
2.6.2.1.28 Tiling Pattern
2.6.2.1.29 Waves Pattern
2.6.2.1.30 Wood Pattern
2.6.2.1.31 Wrinkles Pattern
2.6.2.2 Discontinuous Patterns
2.6.2.2.1 Cells Pattern
2.6.2.2.2 Checker Pattern
2.6.2.2.3 Crackle Pattern
2.6.2.2.4 Hexagon Pattern
2.6.2.2.5 Object Pattern
2.6.2.2.6 Square Pattern
2.6.2.2.7 Triangular Pattern
2.6.2.3 Normal-Dependent Patterns
2.6.2.3.1 Aoi Pattern
2.6.2.3.2 Slope Pattern
2.6.2.4 Special Patterns
2.6.2.4.1 Average Pattern
2.6.2.4.2 Image Pattern
2.6.2.4.3 Potential Pattern
2.6.2.4.4 User Defined Pattern
2.6.2.5 Pattern Modifiers
2.6.2.5.1 Transforming Patterns
2.6.2.5.2 Frequency and Phase
2.6.2.5.3 Waveforms
2.6.2.5.4 Noise Generators
2.6.2.5.5 Warp
2.6.2.5.5.1 Black Hole Warp
2.6.2.5.5.2 Repeat Warp
2.6.2.5.5.3 Turbulence Warp
2.6.2.5.5.4 Octaves
2.6.2.5.5.5 Lambda
2.6.2.5.5.6 Omega
2.6.2.5.5.7 Mapping using warps
2.6.2.5.5.8 Turbulence versus Turbulence Warp
2.6.2.5.5.9 Turbulence
2.6.2.6 Image Map
2.6.2.6.1 Specifying an Image Map
2.6.2.6.2 The Gamma Option
2.6.2.6.3 The Filter and Transmit Bitmap Modifiers
2.6.2.6.4 Using the Alpha Channel
2.6.2.7 Bitmap Modifiers
2.6.2.7.1 The once Option
2.6.2.7.2 The map_type Option
2.6.2.7.3 The interpolate Option
2.7 Special Effects
2.7.1 Atmospheric Effects
2.7.1.1 Atmospheric Media
2.7.1.2 Background
2.7.1.3 Fog
2.7.1.4 Sky Sphere
2.7.1.5 Rainbow
2.7.2 Media
2.7.2.1 Interior
2.7.2.1.1 Why are Interior and Media Necessary?
2.7.2.1.2 Empty and Solid Objects
2.7.2.1.3 Scaling objects with an interior
2.7.2.1.4 Refraction
2.7.2.1.5 Dispersion
2.7.2.1.5.1 Dispersion & Caustics
2.7.2.1.6 Attenuation
2.7.2.1.7 Simulated Caustics
2.7.2.1.8 Object Media
2.7.2.2 Media Types
2.7.2.2.1 Absorption
2.7.2.2.2 Emission
2.7.2.2.3 Scattering
2.7.2.3 Sampling Parameters & Methods
2.7.2.4 Density
2.7.2.4.1 General Density Modifiers
2.7.2.4.2 Density with color_map
2.7.2.4.3 Density Maps and Density Lists
2.7.2.4.4 Multiple Density vs. Multiple Media
2.8 Scene File Extras
2.8.1 Include Files
2.8.1.1 Main Files
2.8.1.1.1 Arrays.inc
2.8.1.1.2 Chars.inc
2.8.1.1.3 Colors.inc
2.8.1.1.3.1 Predefined colors
2.8.1.1.3.2 Color macros
2.8.1.1.4 Colors_ral.inc
2.8.1.1.5 Consts.inc
2.8.1.1.5.1 Vector constants
2.8.1.1.5.2 Map type constantss
2.8.1.1.5.3 Interpolation type constants
2.8.1.1.5.4 Fog type constants
2.8.1.1.5.5 Focal blur hexgrid constants
2.8.1.1.5.6 IORs
2.8.1.1.5.7 Dispersion amounts
2.8.1.1.5.8 Scattering media type constants
2.8.1.1.6 Debug.inc
2.8.1.1.7 Finish.inc
2.8.1.1.8 Functions.inc
2.8.1.1.8.1 Common Parameters
2.8.1.1.8.2 Cross Section Type
2.8.1.1.8.3 Field Strength
2.8.1.1.8.4 Field Limit
2.8.1.1.8.5 SOR Switch
2.8.1.1.8.6 SOR Offset
2.8.1.1.8.7 SOR Angle
2.8.1.1.8.8 Invert Isosurface
2.8.1.1.8.9 Internal Functions
2.8.1.1.8.10 Pre defined functions
2.8.1.1.8.11 Pattern functions
2.8.1.1.9 Glass.inc
2.8.1.1.9.1 Glass colors (with transparency)
2.8.1.1.9.2 Glass colors (without transparency, for fade_color)
2.8.1.1.9.3 Glass finishes
2.8.1.1.9.4 Glass interiors
2.8.1.1.9.5 Glass interior macros
2.8.1.1.10 Golds.inc
2.8.1.1.11 Logo.inc
2.8.1.1.12 Makegrass.inc
2.8.1.1.13 Math.inc
2.8.1.1.13.1 Float functions and macros
2.8.1.1.13.2 Vector functions and macros
2.8.1.1.13.3 Vector Analysis
2.8.1.1.14 Meshmaker.inc
2.8.1.1.15 Metals.inc
2.8.1.1.16 Rad_def.inc
2.8.1.1.17 Rand.inc
2.8.1.1.17.1 Flat Distributions
2.8.1.1.17.2 Other Distributions
2.8.1.1.17.3 Continuous Symmetric Distributions
2.8.1.1.17.4 Continuous Skewed Distributions
2.8.1.1.17.5 Discrete Distributions
2.8.1.1.18 Screen.inc
2.8.1.1.19 Shapes.inc
2.8.1.1.19.1 The HF Macros
2.8.1.1.20 Shapes2.inc
2.8.1.1.21 Shapes3.inc
2.8.1.1.22 Shapesq.inc
2.8.1.1.23 Skies.inc
2.8.1.1.24 Stars.inc
2.8.1.1.25 Stones.inc
2.8.1.1.26 Stdinc.inc
2.8.1.1.27 Strings.inc
2.8.1.1.28 Sunpos.inc
2.8.1.1.29 Textures.inc
2.8.1.1.29.1 Stones
2.8.1.1.29.2 Skies
2.8.1.1.29.3 Woods
2.8.1.1.29.4 Glass
2.8.1.1.29.5 Metals
2.8.1.1.29.6 Special textures
2.8.1.1.29.7 Texture and pattern macros
2.8.1.1.30 Transforms.inc
2.8.1.1.31 Woods.inc
2.8.1.1.32 Woodmaps.inc
2.8.1.2 Old Files
2.8.1.2.1 Glass_old.inc
2.8.1.2.1.1 Glass finishes
2.8.1.2.1.2 Glass textures
2.8.1.2.2 Shapes_old.inc
2.8.1.2.3 Stage1.inc
2.8.1.2.4 Stdcam.inc
2.8.1.2.5 Stones1.inc
2.8.1.2.6 Stones2.inc
2.8.1.3 Other Files
2.8.1.3.1 Font Files
2.8.1.3.2 Color Map Files
2.8.1.3.3 Image Files

POV-Ray for Windows

3.1 Introduction
3.1.1 What is POV-Ray for Windows?
3.1.2 ... And What Is It Not?
3.1.3 Who Can Use POV-Ray for Windows?
3.1.4 System Requirements
3.1.5 System Specific Features
3.1.5.1 What's new in POV-Ray for Windows
3.1.5.2 SYS File Type
3.1.5.3 System Specific Charset
3.1.6 Spelling
3.1.7 Reporting Bugs
3.1.8 Trademarks
3.1.9 Real-Time Raytracing
3.1.9.1 Clockless Animation
3.1.9.2 Video Capture
3.1.9.3 Options
3.1.9.4 Video Source
3.2 Getting Started
3.2.1 The Demo
3.2.2 Starting a Render Job
3.2.3 Dragging and Dropping Files
3.2.4 File Associations
3.2.5 Tutorials
3.2.6 Understanding File Types
3.2.6.1 POV Files
3.2.6.2 INI Files
3.2.6.2.1 INI File Sections
3.2.7 Using the Internal Editor
3.2.7.1 The Editor Feature Set
3.2.7.2 Turning the Internal Editor On or Off
3.2.7.3 Preventing File Restore
3.2.7.4 Switching between Editor windows
3.2.7.5 Keyword Expansion and CodeList
3.2.7.5.1 A Quick Example
3.2.7.5.2 How Keyword Expansion Works
3.2.7.5.3 CodeList
3.2.7.5.4 Using CodeList
3.2.7.5.5 Summary
3.2.7.6 Configuring the Internal Editor
3.2.7.6.1 Important Editor Notes
3.2.7.6.2 Default Key Mappings
3.2.7.6.3 Setting Key Mappings
3.2.7.6.4 Reserved Keys
3.2.7.6.5 Using the Mouse
3.2.7.6.6 Hints for Match Brace
3.2.7.7 The Language Setting
3.2.7.8 The Font Setting
3.2.8 I/O Restrictions
3.2.8.1 High-Level Configuration
3.2.8.2 Overall Options
3.2.8.3 No Restrictions
3.2.8.4 Restrict Write but Allow Read
3.2.8.5 Restrict Read/Write
3.2.8.6 Restrictions Affect all Core File I/O
3.2.8.7 Additional Options
3.2.8.8 Permit Read/Write in Current Directory
3.2.8.9 Disable Starting other Programs
3.2.8.10 Low-Level Configuration
3.2.8.11 Overall Concept
3.2.8.12 Implicitly Permitted Locations
3.2.8.13 Adding or Changing Allowed Directories
3.2.8.14 For Those Who use an Image Output Directory
3.3 Command-Line Options
3.3.1 POV-Ray Documents Directory
3.3.2 Special Command-Line Options
3.3.3 The Benchmark Command-line Option
3.3.4 Non-Standard Installations
3.3.4.1 Background
3.3.4.2 The /INSTALL and /QINSTALL switches
3.3.4.3 Publishing via Group Policy
3.3.4.4 System Admins / Lab Techs
3.3.5 Adding New Resolutions
3.4 Windows
3.4.1 The Main Window
3.4.2 The Toolbar
3.4.2.1 Preset Rendering Options
3.4.2.2 Toolbar Command Line
3.4.3 The Status Bar
3.4.4 The Tab Control
3.4.5 The Message Window
3.4.6 The Editor Window
3.4.7 The Render Window
3.5 Menus
3.5.1 File Menu
3.5.1.1 New File
3.5.1.2 Open File
3.5.1.3 Close
3.5.1.4 Close All
3.5.1.5 Print
3.5.1.6 Exit
3.5.1.7 MRU List
3.5.1.8 Older Files sub-menu
3.5.2 Edit Menu
3.5.2.1 Copy Pane
3.5.2.2 Clear Messages
3.5.2.3 Undo
3.5.2.4 Redo
3.5.2.5 Cut
3.5.2.6 Copy
3.5.2.7 Paste
3.5.2.8 Delete
3.5.2.9 Select All
3.5.2.10 Selection sub-menu
3.5.2.10.1 Indent
3.5.2.10.2 Indent To Previous
3.5.2.10.3 Undent
3.5.2.10.4 Uppercase
3.5.2.10.5 Lowercase
3.5.2.10.6 Convert Spaces To Tabs
3.5.2.10.7 Convert Tabs To Spaces
3.5.3 Search Menu
3.5.3.1 Find dialog
3.5.3.1.1 Match Whole Word Only
3.5.3.1.2 Match Case
3.5.3.1.3 Wildcard Search
3.5.3.2 Replace
3.5.3.3 Find Next
3.5.3.4 Match Brace
3.5.4 Text Menu
3.5.4.1 Show White Space
3.5.4.2 Set Repeat Count
3.5.4.3 Tab Size
3.5.4.4 Indent sub-menu
3.5.4.4.1 Auto-Indent Style sub-menu
3.5.4.4.2 None
3.5.4.4.3 Language Scope
3.5.4.4.4 Copy From Previous Line
3.5.4.5 Bookmarks sub-menu
3.5.4.5.1 Clear All
3.5.4.5.2 First
3.5.4.5.3 Last
3.5.4.5.4 Next
3.5.4.5.5 Previous
3.5.4.5.6 Toggle
3.5.5 Editor Menu
3.5.5.1 Auto-Load Error File
3.5.5.2 Auto-Show Parse Messages
3.5.5.3 Auto-Save Delay
3.5.5.4 Create Backups
3.5.5.5 Allow Undo After Manual Save
3.5.5.6 Click Beyond EOL
3.5.5.7 Constrain Caret To Text
3.5.5.8 Overlay Keyword Expansion On Tab Key
3.5.5.9 Show Message Window
3.5.5.10 Editor Preferences dialog
3.5.5.11 Record Macro/Play Macro
3.5.5.12 Auto-Reload sub-menu
3.5.5.13 Scroll Bars sub-menu
3.5.5.14 Color Scheme sub-menu
3.5.5.15 Editor Preferences
3.5.5.15.1 Color/Font
3.5.5.15.1.1 Item
3.5.5.15.1.2 Color
3.5.5.15.1.3 Background
3.5.5.15.1.4 Font
3.5.5.15.2 Language/Tabs
3.5.5.15.2.1 Auto Indentation Style
3.5.5.15.2.2 Tabs
3.5.5.15.2.3 Language
3.5.5.15.3 Keyboard
3.5.5.15.4 Misc
3.5.5.15.4.1 Smooth Scrolling
3.5.5.15.4.2 Show Left Margin
3.5.5.15.4.3 Line Tooltips on Scroll
3.5.5.15.4.4 Allow Drag and Drop
3.5.5.15.4.5 Allow Column Selection
3.5.5.15.4.6 Confine Caret to Text
3.5.5.15.4.7 Color Syntax Highlighting
3.5.5.15.4.8 Show Horizontal/Vertical Scrollbar
3.5.5.15.4.9 Allow Horizontal/Vertical Splitting
3.5.5.15.4.10 Line Numbering
3.5.5.15.4.11 Max Undoable Actions
3.5.6 Insert Menu
3.5.6.1 Physical Layout
3.5.6.2 Sorting the Insert Menu
3.5.6.3 Adding a Separator
3.5.6.4 Using the Insert Menu
3.5.7 Render Menu
3.5.7.1 Edit Settings/Render dialog
3.5.7.2 Select File and Render dialog
3.5.7.3 Start Rendering (Go!)/Stop Rendering
3.5.7.4 Run Demo
3.5.7.5 Run Benchmark
3.5.7.6 File Queue dialog
3.5.7.7 Clear Queue
3.5.7.8 Render Priority sub-menu
3.5.7.9 Duty Cycle sub-menu
3.5.7.10 Thread Count dialog
3.5.7.11 Prevent Sleep
3.5.7.12 Sound Settings dialog
3.5.7.13 On Completion sub-menu
3.5.7.13.1 Do Nothing
3.5.7.13.2 Display Message
3.5.7.13.3 Exit POV-Ray for Windows
3.5.7.13.4 File List
3.5.8 Options Menu
3.5.8.1 Keep Single Instance
3.5.8.2 Show Toolbar
3.5.8.3 Place in System Tray
3.5.8.4 Script I/O Restrictions
3.5.8.5 Drag'N'Drop Destination sub-menu
3.5.8.6 Update Checks sub-menu
3.5.8.6.1 Periodically Check for Updates
3.5.8.6.2 Include System Information
3.5.8.6.3 Check for Update Now
3.5.8.7 Other Settings sub-menu
3.5.8.7.1 Video Source sub-menu
3.5.8.7.2 Use Editor
3.5.8.7.3 Show Tips of the Day
3.5.8.7.4 Show Tooltips
3.5.8.7.5 Preserve Messages
3.5.8.7.6 Save Settings on Exit
3.5.8.7.7 Hide New User Help
3.5.8.7.8 Show Next Tip
3.5.8.7.9 Re-Render Insert Menu Bitmaps
3.5.8.7.10 Message Window sub-menu
3.5.8.7.11 Select Plain Background
3.5.8.7.12 Text Font
3.5.8.7.13 Text Color
3.5.8.7.14 Background Color
3.5.8.7.15 Tiling Options
3.5.8.7.16 Render Window sub-menu
3.5.8.7.17 Force 8 Bit Display
3.5.8.7.18 Preserve Contents During Animation
3.5.8.7.19 Re-Display
3.5.8.7.20 Autoclose
3.5.8.7.21 Close
3.5.8.7.22 Keep Above Main
3.5.8.7.23 Get Focus on Creation
3.5.8.7.24 Hide When Main Minimized
3.5.8.7.25 Editor Window sub-menu
3.5.9 Tools Menu
3.5.9.1 PVTOOLS.INI Syntax
3.5.9.2 Reload Tool Menu
3.5.9.3 Edit PVTOOLS.INI
3.5.9.4 Example PVTOOLS.INI
3.5.10 Window Menu
3.5.11 Context Menus
3.5.11.1 The Message Window context menu
3.5.11.2 Minimize to System Tray
3.5.11.3 Show Tip
3.5.11.4 The Render Window context menu
3.5.11.5 The Editor Window context menu
3.5.11.6 Show or Hide Messages
3.5.11.7 Context Help
3.5.11.8 Open Filename
3.5.11.9 Copy ... to Command-Line
3.6 Bug Reports
3.6.1 Bugs and GUI Extensions
3.6.2 Crash Upload Utility
3.6.3 Bug Reporting via Email
3.6.4 Bug Reporting via our Bug Tracking System
3.7 Speed Considerations
3.7.1 Render Priority
3.7.2 Render Window
3.7.3 Memory
3.7.4 Scene Features
3.7.5 Render Quality

POV-Ray for Mac OS

4.1 Introduction
4.1.1 What's new in POV-Ray for Mac OS
4.1.2 Requirements
4.1.3 Installation
4.1.4 Bug Reporting via our Bug Tracking System
4.2 Getting Started
4.3 Tips and Tricks
4.3.1 How to use TrueType fonts with the text object
4.3.2 Known Problems

POV-Ray for Unix

5.1 Introduction
5.1.1 What is POV-Ray?
5.1.2 What is POV-Ray for Unix?
5.1.3 ... And What Is It Not?
5.1.4 Who Can Use POV-Ray for Unix?
5.1.5 Spelling
5.1.6 Reporting Bugs
5.1.7 Trademarks
5.2 Features
5.2.1 New Features
5.2.2 Display Options
5.2.3 Benchmark Mode
5.2.4 Sample scene render scripts
5.2.5 KDE Integration
5.3 Getting Started
5.3.1 Available distributions
5.3.2 Configuration
5.3.2.1 The I/O Restrictions configuration file
5.3.2.2 The main POV-Ray INI file
5.3.3 Starting a Render Job
5.3.3.1 X Window display
5.3.3.2 SVGAlib display
5.3.3.3 Output file formats
5.3.4 Interrupting POV-Ray
5.3.5 Tutorials
5.3.6 Rendering the Sample Scenes
5.3.7 POV-Ray for Unix Tips
5.3.7.1 Automated execution
5.3.7.2 Post-processing Images
5.4 I/O Restrictions
5.4.1 Configuration file format
5.4.2 File I/O Security
5.4.3 Shellout Security
5.4.4 Permitted Paths
5.4.4.1 Examples for path settings
5.4.5 Example configuration file
5.5 Understanding File Types
5.5.1 POV Files
5.5.2 INI Files
5.5.2.1 INI File Sections
5.6 Understanding POV-Ray Options
5.6.1 Special Command-Line Options
5.6.2 Benchmark Rendering Mode
5.7 Bug Reports
5.7.1 Known Bugs
5.7.2 Bug Reporting via Email
5.7.3 Bug Reporting via our Bug Tracking System
5.8 Speed Considerations
5.8.1 Render Priority
5.8.2 Render Window
5.8.3 Memory
5.8.4 Scene Features
5.8.5 Render Quality


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