Pov-Ray (linux)

[Alan the Great]

OK, i installed povray, i learned about the scripts from various web sites, i want to try it, but....
HOW DO I RUN IT??????????
from the terminal, i just get various config options, and its not point and click type of thing. I know that i can make a sphere by typing:
// This is a simple red sphere

// first, the camera position
camera {
location <2,5,-10>
look_at <0,0,0>
}

// now, some light
light_source {
<0,-10,0>
color rgb <1,1,1>
}

// the sphere
sphere {
<0,0,0>, 5
pigment { color rgb <1,0,0> }
}

BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RUN THAT CODE.
PLEASE i need a linux geek here, i just moved from windows and ubuntuforums.com doesn't have much on it.

[Alan the Great]

I forgot to change the file extension to .pov.
After i did that, it worked fine.

Anyways, if anyone has some good povray files, here would be an ok place to share them.

[keith]

Looks like you've solved that problem :) Good work. How's the camera doing?

[Alan the Great]

Yup.... the tutorial really should cover that part.
Anyway, the camera...
i haven't found another use for it yet; seeing as its not every day that i need a waterproof ziplock camera. Still, i suppose i could turn it into an outdoor surveillence cam or something.. living in the pacific northwest it would need to be waterproof.
If i find a use for it, i'll post it here.

[addyisback]

Oh o well thats good hope the camera is going good ..?? is it..

[Alan the Great]

Wow... old thread. Interestingly enough, the camera case is still fine.

Also, on a related note, the event that the camera was used for is now in the 2009 Guinness World Record's book! They're choosing between 2 pictures now... I hope they use the one with me in it!