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The following is a list of the currently-available 'How To' articles. If you add a new article, please list it here.
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The following is a list of the currently-available and wished for 'How To' articles. If you add a new article, please list and link it here.
  
Please also read our '''[[Help:Editing_Guidelines|Editing Guidelines]]''' prior to creating any articles.
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<p class="Note"><strong>Note:</strong> Some of the older articles, written while 3.7.0 was being developed, are in need of update.</p>   
  
==Suggestions==
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<p>Please read our '''[[Help:Editing_Guidelines|Editing Guidelines]]''' prior to creating any articles.</p>
  
It would be handy if some users co-operated in working out a 'wishlist' of articles and a hierarchy for them, and then created the links to the empty pages from this page.
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<p>Discussions about this page should be held on the [[HowTo_Talk:Contents|talk]] page, not here.</p>
  
Discussions should be held on the [[HowTo_Talk:Contents|talk]] page, not here.
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==Subject Areas==
 
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====Getting or updating POV-Ray====
==Completed articles==
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*[[HowTo:Install POV | How to: Install POV on various Operating system]]
 
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*[[HowTo:Compile POV-Ray 2.2 | How to: Compile POV-Ray 2.2]]
*[[HowTo:Use constructive solid geometry | How to: Use constructive solid geometry]]
 
*[[HowTo:Use conditional structures | How to: Use conditional structures]]
 
*[[HowTo:Use macros and loops | How to: Use macros and loops]]
 
*[[HowTo:Use for loop over traditional while loop | How to: Use for loop over traditional while loop]]
 
*[https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts/Render/POV-Ray How to: Use POV-Ray with Blender]  
 
 
 
 
 
==Work-in-Progress Articles==
 
  
 
====Animating your creations====
 
====Animating your creations====
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*[[HowTo:Animation pitfalls | How to: Animation pitfalls]]
 
*[[HowTo:Animation pitfalls | How to: Animation pitfalls]]
 
*[[HowTo:Encode animations as Ogg Theora Video | How to: Encode animations as Ogg Theora Video]]  (A non-proprietary video file format)
 
*[[HowTo:Encode animations as Ogg Theora Video | How to: Encode animations as Ogg Theora Video]]  (A non-proprietary video file format)
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====Lighting====
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*[[HowTo:Make soft shadows using the area_light | How to: Make soft shadows using the area_light]]
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*[[HowTo:Use radiosity | How to: Simulate real-world ambient light]]
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*[[HowTo:Use photons | How to: Simulate real-world optical effects]]
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*[[HowTo:Make realistic outdoor lighting | How to: Make realistic outdoor lighting]]
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*[[HowTo:Make realistic indoor lighting | How to: Make realistic indoor lighting]]
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====Modeling====
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*[[HowTo:Use POV-Ray with Blender | How to: Use POV-Ray with Blender]]
  
 
====Objects====
 
====Objects====
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*[[HowTo:Use spline and bezier curves | How to: Use spline and bezier curves]]
 
*[[HowTo:Use spline and bezier curves | How to: Use spline and bezier curves]]
  
====Texturing====
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====Scene Description Language====
*[[HowTo:Use UV-mapping | How to: Use UV-mapping]]
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*[[HowTo:Manage your variables | How to: Manage your variables]]
*[[HowTo:Use an image as a texture | How to: Use an image as a texture]]
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*[[HowTo:Use conditional structures | How to: Use conditional structures]]
*[[HowTo:Turn a continuous function into a stepped function | How to: Turn a continuous function into a stepped function]]
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*[[HowTo:Use macros and loops | How to: Use macros and loops]]
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*[[HowTo:Use for loop over traditional while loop | How to: Use for loop over traditional while loop]]
  
====Lighting====
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====Scenes in POV-Ray====
*[[HowTo:Make soft shadows using the area_light | How to: Make soft shadows using the area_light]]
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*[[HowTo:Build a basic scene | How to: Build a basic scene]]
*[[HowTo:Use radiosity | How to: Simulate real-world ambient light]]
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*[[HowTo:Plan your scenes | How to: Plan your scenes]]
*[[HowTo:Use photons | How to: Simulate real-world optical effects]]
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*[http://www.buckosoft.com/povclipse2 How to use PovClipse2 : An Eclipse plugin to manage POV-Ray source]  
*[[HowTo:Make realistic outdoor lighting | How to: Make realistic outdoor lighting]]
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*[[HowTo:Place objects on another object | Place objects on another object]]
*[[HowTo:Make realistic indoor lighting | How to: Make realistic indoor lighting]]
 
  
 
====Special effects in POV-Ray====
 
====Special effects in POV-Ray====
 
*[[HowTo:Use fog and media | How to: Use fog and media]]
 
*[[HowTo:Use fog and media | How to: Use fog and media]]
*[[HowTo:Use rainbow | How to: Use rainbow]]
 
 
*[[HowTo:Use photons | How to: Use photons]]
 
*[[HowTo:Use photons | How to: Use photons]]
 
*[[HowTo:Use radiosity | How to: Use radiosity]]
 
*[[HowTo:Use radiosity | How to: Use radiosity]]
 
*[[HowTo:Use sky_sphere and background | How to: Use sky_sphere and background]]
 
*[[HowTo:Use sky_sphere and background | How to: Use sky_sphere and background]]
*[[HowTo:Fix old scenes to work with the new gamma system | How to: Fix old scenes to work with the new gamma system]]
 
 
*[http://www.ldraw.org/Article528.html How to: Render LDraw scenes for polarized glasses] (off site, needs to be re-written in more general terms that are not LDraw-specific)
 
*[http://www.ldraw.org/Article528.html How to: Render LDraw scenes for polarized glasses] (off site, needs to be re-written in more general terms that are not LDraw-specific)
 
*[[HowTo:Manual focal blur | How to create focal blur manually]]
 
*[[HowTo:Manual focal blur | How to create focal blur manually]]
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====Special input in POV-Ray====
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*[[HowTo:Use SVG images as the basis for prisms and lathes | How to: Use SVG images as the basis for prisms and lathes]]
  
 
====Special output in POV-Ray====
 
====Special output in POV-Ray====
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*[[HowTo:Create multi-phase web buttons        | How to: Create multi-phase web buttons]]
 
*[[HowTo:Create multi-phase web buttons        | How to: Create multi-phase web buttons]]
 
*[[HowTo:ODS                                    | How to: Create omni­directional stereo (ODS) images]]
 
*[[HowTo:ODS                                    | How to: Create omni­directional stereo (ODS) images]]
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*[[HowTo:Extract 2D screen coordinates from 3D scenes          | How to: Extract 2D screen coordinates from 3D scenes]]
  
====Special input in POV-Ray====
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====Texturing====
*[[HowTo:Use SVG images as the basis for prisms and lathes | How to: Use SVG images as the basis for prisms and lathes]]
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*[[HowTo:Use UV-mapping | How to: Use UV-mapping]]
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*[[HowTo:Use an image as a texture | How to: Use an image as a texture]]
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*[[HowTo:Turn a continuous function into a stepped function | How to: Turn a continuous function into a stepped function]]
  
 
==== Working with POV-Ray ====
 
==== Working with POV-Ray ====
Platform-specific tips to get the most out of POV-ray:
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Tips to get the most out of POV-ray:
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*[[HowTo:Fix old scenes to work with the new gamma system | How to: Fix old scenes to work with the new gamma system]]
 
*[[HowTo:Install multiple versions of POV-Ray | How to: Install multiple versions of POV-Ray]]
 
*[[HowTo:Install multiple versions of POV-Ray | How to: Install multiple versions of POV-Ray]]
 
*[[HowTo:Configure your favorite text editor to work with POV-Ray| How to: Configure your favorite text editor to work with POV-Ray]]
 
*[[HowTo:Configure your favorite text editor to work with POV-Ray| How to: Configure your favorite text editor to work with POV-Ray]]
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*[[HowTo:Take full advantage of the Insert menu | How to: Take full advantage of the Insert menu]]
 
*[[HowTo:Take full advantage of the Insert menu | How to: Take full advantage of the Insert menu]]
  
=====POV-Ray for Mac OS / Mac OS X=====
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==POV-Ray troubleshooting==
 
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This section is for software problems with POV-Ray.  If you are trying to figure out why your scene isn't rendering as expected, see [[HowTo:Contents#Troubleshooting your scene|Troubleshooting Your Scene]].
=====POV-Ray for Unix=====
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*Installation Troubleshooting currently via [http://news.povray.org/groups/ newsgroups].
 
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*[[HowTo:Known Issues | Known Issues and Possible Work-arounds]]
====Building Scenes in POV-Ray====
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*[[HowTo:Make A Bug Report | How to make a Bug Report]]
*[[HowTo:Build a basic scene | How to: Build a basic scene]]
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*[[HowTo:POV-Ray Feature Requests | How to make a feature request]]
*[[HowTo:Plan your scenes | How to: Plan your scenes]]
 
*[[HowTo:Place objects on another object | Place objects on another object]]
 
 
 
====Scene Description Language====
 
*[[HowTo:Manage your variables | How to: Manage your variables]]
 
*[[HowTo:Use conditional structures | How to: Use conditional structures]]
 
*[[HowTo:Use macros and loops | How to: Use macros and loops]]
 
  
 
====Troubleshooting your scene====
 
====Troubleshooting your scene====
This section is for figuring out why your scene isn't rendering as expected.  For problems related to installation or removal of POV-Ray, updates, crashes, or other software-related issues, see [[#General POV-Ray troubleshooting | General POV-Ray troubleshooting]].
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This section is for figuring out why your scene isn't rendering as expected.  For problems related to installation or removal of POV-Ray, updates, crashes, or other software-related issues, see [[#POV-Ray troubleshooting | POV-Ray troubleshooting]].
 
*[[HowTo:Fix unexpected image output | Why is my image completely black?]]
 
*[[HowTo:Fix unexpected image output | Why is my image completely black?]]
 
*[[HowTo:Fix unexpected invisibility#Objects | Why aren't all of my objects showing up?]]
 
*[[HowTo:Fix unexpected invisibility#Objects | Why aren't all of my objects showing up?]]
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*[[HowTo:Fix artifacts#Isosurfaces | What is the best way to fix holes in my isosurface?]]
 
*[[HowTo:Fix artifacts#Isosurfaces | What is the best way to fix holes in my isosurface?]]
 
*[[HowTo:Fix artifacts#Floating-point expressions | Why are my expressions not evaluating to 1 (or some other integer)?]]
 
*[[HowTo:Fix artifacts#Floating-point expressions | Why are my expressions not evaluating to 1 (or some other integer)?]]
 
====General POV-Ray troubleshooting====
 
This section is for software problems with POV-Ray.  If you are trying to figure out why your scene isn't rendering as expected, see [[HowTo:Contents#Troubleshooting your scene|Troubleshooting Your Scene]].
 
*[[Installation#Troubleshooting | Installation Troubleshooting]]
 
*[[HowTo:Known Issues | Known Issues and Possible Work-arounds]]
 
*[[HowTo:Make A Bug Report | How to make a Bug Report]]
 
*[[HowTo:POV-Ray Feature Requests|How to make a feature request]]
 

Latest revision as of 18:58, 15 August 2023

The following is a list of the currently-available and wished for 'How To' articles. If you add a new article, please list and link it here.

Note: Some of the older articles, written while 3.7.0 was being developed, are in need of update.

Please read our Editing Guidelines prior to creating any articles.

Discussions about this page should be held on the talk page, not here.

Subject Areas

Getting or updating POV-Ray

Animating your creations

Lighting

Modeling

Objects

Scene Description Language

Scenes in POV-Ray

Special effects in POV-Ray

Special input in POV-Ray

Special output in POV-Ray

Texturing

Working with POV-Ray

Tips to get the most out of POV-ray:

POV-Ray for Microsoft Windows

POV-Ray troubleshooting

This section is for software problems with POV-Ray. If you are trying to figure out why your scene isn't rendering as expected, see Troubleshooting Your Scene.

Troubleshooting your scene

This section is for figuring out why your scene isn't rendering as expected. For problems related to installation or removal of POV-Ray, updates, crashes, or other software-related issues, see POV-Ray troubleshooting.