POV-Ray is an abbreviation for the Persistence of Vision Raytracer and is a software tool for designing 3D graphics. Unlike other 3D tools, POV-Ray provides individuals - professionals or 3D enthusiasts - a command-line editor interface that can be used to enable object and shape creation.
Its interface looks a bit outmoded and resembles API's from older Windows versions. The menu icons have a decent size but are very poorly crafted. The navigation through the menu is quite intuitive but at times the buttons become sluggish.
By having a built-in CLI for constructing 3D shapes and objects, the application manages to increase flexibility because the image parameters can be manually adjusted using numerical values and iterators.
An important function is represented by the Macro Recording feature that allows users to save their actions for later use. This option can be activated as many times is necessary.
Also, individuals can set up rendering priorities, when dealing with complex 3D images, to reduce the CPU usage.
In conclusion, POV-Ray is a smart software solution for users who want to design 3D graphic with the aid of a CLI. However, it does require some coding knowledge so the learning curve might be a bit complicated.
v3.7 [Apr 7, 2008]
-fix of formula to restore backward compatibility of heightfield on red+green non-indexed color image (not only backward compatible, but also correct formula to cover the full range as intended and documented)
-updates to changes/revision files
-delete outdated files
-remove outdated support header files for borland, mingw and watcom compilers. if support is needed for any of the above, it would be better to start a fresh header as the old ones have not been used since 3.6
-remove old 4BPP toolbar icons as 16-color mode support isn't really relevant anymore
-update about bitmap to remove explicit URL's and add support to about window code to make some areas act as hyperlinks
-adds Mac xcode project and support files, still some compile errors due to misconfigured paths etc.
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