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- This file contains the documentation specific to the IBM-PC version of
- POV-Ray. See POVRAY.DOC for general program info.
-
- The executable POVRAY.EXE was compiled using the Intel Code Builder
- 32 bit protected mode compiler. A 386 or 486 and at least 2 meg of RAM
- are required to run this program. See IBMPCEXE.DOC for more info.
-
- Running POV-Ray:
- POV-Ray is run from the DOS command line by typing the program name,
- povray.exe. Command line options are
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- Display Options:
- +d = Alone, will autodetect the display type and display the image
- to the screen as it's being worked on. Try specifying the display
- type explicitly if autodetect doesn't work. +d? will invoke a
- message to report what display POV-Ray is detecting.
-
- -v = Usually, you should use -v in conjunction with +d. This
- will turn off the line number text display. It will work
- with some display options. You can experiment to see which.
-
- +d#p = The first character after d is the display type, resolution is
- automatically selected. The second character is the palette type
- or color selection method.
-
- Some Examples
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- +d0h = Autodetect the VGA display type
- and display the image to the screen
- as it's being worked on.
- Use the Sierra HiColor chip and
- dithering to display more than 32,000
- colors on screen. Looks great!
- +d1 = Display to standard VGA screen 320x200.
- Try this if your SVGA display is not supported.
- Use this option to get a scaled image in a window
- on the OS/2 2.x desktop.
- +dG0 = Display to a VESA VGA adapter and
- use the HSV palette option.
- +dG3 = Display to a VESA VGA adapter and use
- the 332 palette option.
- +dGH = Display to a VESA VGA adapter and use
- the HiColor option for 32,768 colors.
- +dGT = Display to a VESA VGA adapter and use
- the TrueColor option for over 16
- million colors.
-
- ( Note that your VESA BIOS *MUST* support these options in order )
- ( for you to use them!! Some cards may support HiColor &/or )
- ( TrueColor at the hardware level but *not* thru their VESA BIOS. )
-
- +d4 = Display to a TSENG 4000 chipset VGA using
- the 332 palette option.
-
- If your card isn't autodetected correctly try all the options.
- If no option works, just use +d1 for standard VGA.
-
- DISPLAY OPTIONS:
- +d0 Autodetect (S)VGA type (Default)
- +d1 Standard VGA 320x200
- +d2 Standard VGA 360 x 480
- +d3 Tseng Labs 3000 SVGA 640x480
- +d4 Tseng Labs 4000 SVGA
- +d5 AT&T VDC600 SVGA 640x400
- +d6 Oak Technologies SVGA 640x480
- +d7 Video 7 SVGA 640x480
- +d8 Video 7 Vega (Cirrus) VGA 360x480
- +d9 Paradise SVGA 640x480
- +dA Ahead Systems Ver. A SVGA 640x480
- +dB Ahead Systems Ver. B SVGA 640x480
- +dC Chips & Technologies SVGA 640x480
- +dD ATI SGVA 640x480
- +dE Everex SVGA 640x480
- +dF Trident SVGA 640x480
- +dG VESA Standard SVGA Adapter
- +dH ATI XL display card
- +dI Diamond Computer Systems SpeedSTAR 24X
- (Note: The SpeedSTAR 24X will -not- be autodetected with the +d0 )
- ( option. )
-
- PALETTE OPTIONS:
- +d?3 Use 332 palette with dithering
- (Default and best for VGA systems)
-
- +d?h Use HiColor option.
- Displays 32,000+ colors with dithering.
- Supported on VESA, SpeedSTAR 24X,
- ATI XL HiColor and Tseng 4000 based cards
- with Sierra & Sierra compatible Cirrus DAC's
- only. Looks great!
-
- +d?0 Use HSV palette option for VGA display
-
- +d?G Use Grayscale palette option for VGA display
-
- +d?T For Truecolor 24 bit cards. Use 24 bit color.
- Supported on the Diamond SpeedSTAR 24X and
- cards with 24bit VESA support only.
-
-
- File Formats:
- The default file format for the IBM-PC is Targa (+ft). This format
- is a 24 bit color image allowing over 16 million colors to be created.
- Most IBM-PC systems do not have the capability to directly display
- Targa images. They must be converted to 256 color GIF images so they
- can be viewed on a VGA or SVGA display. To convert a TGA file to a GIF
- file, get a copy of PICLAB or Image Alchemy which can be found on
- Compuserve, America On-Line, and many BBS's. The program documentation
- will describe how to convert a TGA to a GIF.
-
- Also, many SVGA cards now have a Sierra HiColor DAC for 15/16 bit color.
- Get a copy of the program TGVIEW and you can see your rendered images
- in "almost" full color.
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