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- This document contains three sections -
-
- o an announcement of the POV CD-ROM project.
- o instructions on how to contribute.
- o information on how to be notified when it's available (a very FAQ.)
-
- POV-Ray CD-ROM - CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
-
- A CD-ROM (to be titled 'The Official POV-Ray CD-ROM') is to be released in
- a few months from Walnut Creek CD-ROM. This CD will contain oodles of neat
- stuff relating to POV-Ray, including some never-before released scene files,
- lots of source code, utilities, textures, 3d-models, images, the works. The
- CD will target not only the DOS world but the UNIX platforms as well. It will
- be a ISO9660 format disk with Rock Ridge extensions. If sufficient interest
- is generated a Macintosh-specific version will be produced.
-
- I am calling for contributions from interested POV users. I am specifically
- looking for -
-
- o POV utilities, especially those with source.
- o scene files !
- o POV images of _good quality_
- o unofficial compiles.
- o textures.
- o 3-d models.
- o animations.
- o papers, documents, dissertations, etc. on 3-d graphics or raytracing.
- o patches or modifications to the POV source that are of interest.
- o anything else relevent to POV-Ray.
-
- Contributions may be uploaded to wcarchive.cdrom.com ; see the next section
- (how to contribute) for more details.
-
- Time frame : I need all contributions by the 25th of September.
-
- Note : This CD-ROM is being prepared by a single team member, and is not in
- that respect a team effort. However, it has team support and will aid further
- POV development.
-
- Please direct discussions on this project to comp.graphics.raytracing.
-
- ***** HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE POV CD-ROM *****
-
- DEADLINE : 25 September 1994.
-
- Please ftp to wcarchive.cdrom.com and cd to pov/cdrom-contributions.
- ^^^ [NOT pub!]
- Once there, choose an appropriate subdirectory as you can't write into the
- top-level one. Please be sure to read the message file in the top level
- directory. Basically, I _must_ have something with the upload that identifies
- both it and you. If you upload foo.bar, please also upload foo.bar.txt. The
- format of the text file should be as documented below. If you want your work
- to get on the CD, please make sure this is done !
-
- Note that you will not be able to see your uploads after they've been done.
- This is because the directories are write-only and do not allow reading.
-
- ALL contributers whose work is accepted and placed on the CD are entitled to
- one free copy. Make sure you join the CONTRIBUTERS mailing list (use the same
- method as for the ANNOUNCE list documented below) and you will be notified how
- to get your free copy when the CD is released. NOTE : this really only applies
- to people who contribute their own work. If you have available something that
- you feel should be on the CD and the original author is not available or is
- unknown, please email me at the address at the end of this document. Generally,
- I can't accept a submission if it's not yours.
-
- If you're uploading a scene file, please provide a 160x120 (1:1 aspect ratio)
- version of it. Ditto for large images, and also for objects (DXF or whatever.)
-
- If you upload a utility, it would be nice if you included a 320x240 (1:1)
- image that demonstrates what the utility can _do_. This only applies to ones
- that create some sort of POV output file.
-
- For image uploads, I prefer JPEG or TGA. Please don't gamma correct them.
- Also, as far as resolution is concerned, 800x600 is best, with 1024x768 OK.
- As mentioned above, please generate all images with an aspect ratio of 1:1.
-
- For _all_ uploads, please include a write up like the following -
-
- FILENAME : MYCTDS.ZIP
- AUTHOR : Slarti Bartfast <Slarti.Bartfast@planetmakers.net>
- DESC : My version of a Connect The Dots Smoother. Great for those fjords !
- KEYWORDS : CTDS CONNECT DOTS SMOOTHER UTILITY DOS UNIX SOURCE NO-EXECUTABLE
- CLASS : UTILITY
- SOURCE : YES [*** only include this if relevent to your class]
- LONG1 : xxx ksjlskj dkjsfkj skjskjd
- LONG2 : slds;lkd skdsl;kd etc etc
- LONG3 :
- LONG4 :
- LONG5 :
-
- The LONG section is of course for a longer description. The CLASS is the
- general category, UTILITY/SCENE/IMAGE/TEXTURE/OBJECT/PAPER/THESIS etc.
- Make up a new one if you feel it's necessary.
-
- FILENAME :
- AUTHOR :
- DESC :
- KEYWORDS :
- CLASS :
- SOURCE :
- LONG1 :
- LONG2 :
- LONG3 :
- LONG4 :
- LONG5 :
-
- You MUST also certify that the work is your original creation, that you have
- the right to grant permission for its distribution, and state that you grant
- us that right. If the work you want to contribute is not yours, please email
- me first. Also, ensure that a valid email address is somewhere in the text file.
-
- *** HOW TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE POV CD-ROM's RELEASE ***
-
- Numerous people have mailed me asking about how to know when the POV CD-ROM
- will be released. The easiest way to do this is to do the following -
-
- email povray@yarrow.wt.uwa.edu.au
- subject is unimportant
- in the body of the message, place the words
-
- JOIN ANNOUNCE
- or
- JOIN ANNOUNCE as myname@myemail-address
-
- you will get a notification if you are sucessful. if you don't hear back
- within a day, it is possible that your reply address bounced on us. [This
- happens more often than you may think.]
-
- make sure you don't have any other text before the JOIN command or your
- message will be rejected by the list manager program. also, it's best to
- have no text after it either ... other than a standard '-- ' signature.
-
- When the CD-ROM is available I'll mail everyone on this list.
-
- -- Chris Cason
- cjcason@yarrow.wt.uwa.edu.au
-
-