Documentation:Unix Table of Contents

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Main Table of Contents

POV-Ray Tutorial

Introduction

• What is POV-Ray?
• What is POV-Ray for Unix?
• ... And What Is It Not?
• Who Can Use POV-Ray for Unix?
• Spelling
• Reporting Bugs
• Trademarks

Features

• I/O Restrictions
• Display Options
• Benchmark Mode
• Sample scene render scripts
• KDE integration
• What's new in POV-Ray for Unix

Getting Started

• Available distributions
• Configuration

• The I/O Restrictions configuration file
• The main POV-Ray INI file

• Starting a Render Job

• X Window display
• SVGAlib display
• Output file formats

• Interrupting POV-Ray
• Tutorials
• Rendering the Sample Scenes
• POV-Ray for Unix Tips

• Automated execution
• Post-processing Images

I/O Restrictions

• Configuration file format
• File I/O Security
• Shellout Security
• Permitted Paths

• Examples for path settings

• Example configuration file

Understanding File Types

• POV Files
• INI Files

• INI File Sections

Understanding POV-Ray Options

• Special Command-Line Options
• Benchmark Rendering Mode

Bug Reports

• Feature Requests are not bugs
• Known Bugs
• Spelling
• Bug Reporting via Email
• Bug Reporting via our Bug Tracking System

Speed Considerations

• Render Priority
• Render Window
• Memory
• Scene Features
• Render Quality

POV-Ray Reference

POV-Ray Tutorial

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