2 - FTP Sites, Web Sites, Mailing Lists
Subject 2.1 - FTP and Web Sites
The following list details some of the main graphics related FTP
sites, their maintainers (where known) and any other info.
For a more complete list of FTP sites, see the list by Eric Haines
<erich at eye.com> and Nick Fotis <nfotis at theseas.ntua.gr> from which
much of the following has been taken.
* ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/ [128.252.135.4]
George Kyriazis <kyriazis at esd.sgi.com>
A huge repository of graphics stuff, particulary:
- /graphics/graphics - get CONTENTS file.
- /graphics/graphics/objects/TDDD - the TDDD objects and converters.
- /mirrors/unix-c/graphics - Rayshade, MTV, Vort, FBM, PBMPLUS, etc.
- /mirrors/msdos/graphics - DKB ray tracer, FLI RayTracker demos.
- /graphics/graphics/mirrors - mirrors many sites.
- /pub/rad.tar.Z - SGI_RAD.
- /graphics/graphics/radiosity - Radiance and Indian packages.
- /systems/ibmpc/msdos/graphics - loads of PC graphics stuff.
* ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/ [134.106.1.9]
Frank Neumann <Frank.Neumann at informatik.uni-oldenburg.de>
Another good site for ray tracing, particulary POV-Ray.
- /pub/pov-ray - get INDEX for full details
- /pub/pov-ray/conv - format converters
- /pub/pov-ray/edit - graphical editors
- /pub/pov-ray/ext - source extensions
- /pub/pov-ray/gen - data file generators
- /pub/pov-ray/misc - other tools, ray tracers, etc.
- /pub/pov-ray/new - uploads
- /pub/pov-ray/obj - objects
- /pub/pov-ray/pack - compression
- /pub/pov-ray/pix - pictures
- /pub/pov-ray/scen - scenes
- /pub/pov-ray/text - text articles
- /pub/pov-ray/view - viewers
- /pub/pov-ray/pbin - unofficial POV binaries
* ftp://ftp.povray.org/ [165.113.121.81]
http://www.povray.org/ [207.159.132.159]
Christopher Cason <Chris.Cason at povray.org>
This is the primary site for POV-Ray. It contains a large number of
POV-Ray utilities, executables, and scenes. This site also has a
mirror of avalon.vislab.navy.mil (see below), as well as polyray.
- /pub/povray/Hall-Of-Fame - incredible ray-traced images
- /pub/povray/Official - official sources and executables
- /pub/povray/Ray-Tracing-News - archive of Eric Haines' newsletter
- /pub/povray/animation - animations created with POV-Ray
- /pub/povray/ezine - a magazine about POV-Ray
- /pub/povray/fonts - font utilities
- /pub/povray/modellers - CAD packages for creating scene files
- /pub/povray/objects - a collection of POV objects
- /pub/povray/scenes - complete POV-Ray scene files
- /pub/povray/unofficial - modifications and executables by others
- /pub/povray/utilities - tools and programs to make life easier
- /pub/irtc - images from new bi-monthly ray-tracing competition
(note that the IRTC now has its own site http://www.irtc.org/
- /pub/mirrors/avalon - mirror of avalon.vislab.navy.mil (See below)
- /pub/polyray - Polyray source files
Due to increasing demand for better access, ftp.povray.org now has
many mirror sites around the world. None of the mirrors are
"Official", so there is no guarantee that they will have everything
at povray.org, nor that it is the latest version. However, POV-Ray
is not a release-a-week piece of software, so chances are that the
local mirror will have the latest release. If anyone notices that
one of these sites no longer exists, please let me know.
http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/graphics/graphics/mirrors/ [128.252.135.4]
ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/graphics/graphics/mirrors/ [128.252.135.4]
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/povray/ [165.113.121.81]
ftp://ftp.vu.union.edu/pub/povray/ [149.106.37.186]
http://www.vu.union.edu/~ftp/pub/povray/ [149.106.37.186]
ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/graphics/povray/ [128.174.5.14]
ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/ [130.95.128.1]
ftp://plaza.aarnet.edu.au/graphics/graphics/mirrors/ [139.130.23.2]
ftp://ftp.ncu.edu.tw/Packages/ray-tracing/ [140.115.1.71]
http://ftp.ncu.edu.tw/Packages/ray-tracing/ [140.115.1.71]
ftp://ring.asahi-net.or.jp/pub/misc/povray/ [202.224.39.15]
http://www.hensa.ac.uk/ftp/mirrors/povray/ [129.12.200.129]
ftp://www.hensa.ac.uk/mirrors/povray/ [129.12.200.129]
ftp://ftp.shu.ac.uk/pub/computing/packages/raytrace/ [143.52.20.24]
ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/Mirrors/ftp.povray.org/ [193.63.255.4]
ftp://ftp.fh-rosenheim.de/pub/mirror/ftp.povray.org/ [141.60.160.3]
ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/mirror/povray/ [139.174.2.10]
http://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/mirror/povray/ [139.174.2.10]
ftp://kermit.stud.fh-heilbronn.de/mirrors/povray/ [141.7.1.181]
http://kermit.stud.fh-heilbronn.de/povray/ [141.7.1.181]
ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/other/povray/ [131.188.3.2]
http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/other/povray/ [131.188.3.2]
ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/pub/graphics/raytracing/povray [128.130.34.160]
http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/graphics/raytracing/povray [128.130.34.160]
ftp://stef.u-picardie.fr/pub2/ftp.povray.org/ [193.49.184.23]
http://stef.u-picardie.fr/ftp/pub2/ftp.povray.org/ [193.49.184.23]
ftp://ftp.univ-lille1.fr:/pub/povray/ [134.206.1.72]
ftp://ftp.etsimo.uniovi.es/pub/raytrace/ [156.35.23.24]
http://www.etsimo.uniovi.es/ftp/pub/raytrace/ [156.35.23.24]
ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/ray-tracing/ [192.150.251.33]
http://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/ray-tracing/ [192.150.251.33]
ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/povray/ [148.81.209.3]
http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/povray/ [148.81.209.3]
ftp://ftp.flashnet.it/pub/ftp.povray.org/ [194.247.160.5]
http://serviceftp.flashnet.it/mirrors.htm [194.247.160.5]
ftp://sunsite.wits.ac.za/pub/mirrors/ [146.141.15.214]
The POV-Ray CD-ROM from Walnut Creek Raytrace! is now available
online. Check it out at:
http://www.aussie.org/products/
* ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/ [128.112.128.1]
Craig Kolb <cek at cs.princeton.edu>
Home of Rayshade, and other graphics tid-bits.
- /pub/Graphics/GraphicsGems - source code from Graphics Gems books
- /pub/Graphics/URT - Utah Raster Toolkit
- /pub/Graphics/SPD - Standard Procedural Database
- /pub/Graphics/rayshade - rayshade source code
- /pub/Graphics/RTNews - Ray Tracing News
- /pub/Graphics/Papaers - ray tracing papers, bibliographies
* ftp://avalon.viewpoint.com/ [204.212.34.3]
http://www.viewpoint.com/ [204.212.34.10]
Webmaster <sph at viewpoint.com>
Avalon was created to be a 3D object "repository" for the net. 3D
objects (multiple formats), utilities, and file format documents
are only part of what is available here. Since July 1995, Avalon
has been run by Viewpoint, a commercial 3D model vendor, but they
insist that the Avalon models will still be available for free to
all. This site is also mirrored by (among others):
http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/graphics/graphics/mirrors/avalon/
ftp://ftp.povray.org/pub/mirrors/avalon/
ftp://sunsite.wits.ac.za/pub/mirrors/ftp.povray.org/mirrors/avalon/
* http://cedar.cic.net/~rtilmann/mm/ [192.131.22.3]
Webmaster <rtilmann at cedar.cic.net>
Meshmart is a repository of 3D objects in a variety of formats.
Not only does MeshMart have objects available, they also have
objects on consignment as well as an "objects wanted" area.
* ftp://hobbes.lbl.gov/ [128.3.12.38]
http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/HOME.html [128.3.12.33]
Greg Ward <gjward at lbl.gov>
Official distribution site for Radiance ray trace/radiosity package.
* ftp://mm-ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ [128.32.32.68]
- /pub/graphics/mm/encode - MPEG encoding software
- /pub/graphics/mm/play - MPEG decoding/display software
* ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/ [18.70.0.209]
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/bngusenet/top.html
[164.107.8.52]
- /pub/usenet/news.answers - the land of FAQs.
* http://user.baden-online.de/~mbachman/pile/pile_eng.htm
http://user.baden-online.de/~mbachman/pile/pile_ger.htm
Mathais Bachmann <mbachmann at baden-online.de>
PILE, a new Website concerning POVRay include files, searchable
by categories, all with descriptions, ratings, links to their
homepages, etc...
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Subject 2.2 - Mailing Lists
Listed below is a selection of mailing lists related to graphics
and/or ray tracing. If I haven't included specific details on
subscription, it's because I don't know. Best bet is to send a
"help" message.
* POV-Ray
Called the dkb-list for historical reasons (POV-Ray was based on
David Buck's "DKBTrace"), the list exists for users of POV-Ray and
associated products, on all platforms.
Subscription: listserv%TREARN.BITNET at vm.gmd.de
Body Text: subscribe dkb-l <Your full name>
Posting: DKB-L%TREARN.BITNET at listserv.gmd.de
* Rayshade
Mailing list for Rayshade users, mainly on UNIX platforms.
Subscription: rayshade-users-request at cs.princeton.edu
Posting: rayshade-users at cs.princeton.edu
Archive: ftp://graphics.stanford.edu/pub/rayshade/rayshade-users/
* Radiance
Greg Ward, the author of Radiance has a distribution list of all
users. Register with him: greg at pink.lbl.gov
* Imagine
For users of the Imagine 3d rendering and animation package for the
Amiga and, more recently, the IBM PC.
Subscription: listserv at sjuvm.stjohns.edu
Body Text: subscribe imagine <first name> <last name>
Posting: imagine at sjuvm.stjohns.edu
* Toaster
This list deals with the Video Toaster system for the Amiga.
Subscription: toaster-request at bobsbox.rent.com
Body Text: subscribe <address> toaster
Posting: toaster at bobsbox.rent.com
* Lightwave
Lightwave is part of the suite of programs that come with the
Video Toaster system for the Amiga.
Subscription: lightwave-request at bobsbox.rent.com
Body Text: subscribe <address> lightwave
Posting: lightwave at bobsbox.rent.com
* TrueSpace
This is a mailing list for users of trueSpace, maintained by
employees of trueSpace's maker, Caligari (http://www.caligari.com).
Subscription: truespace-request at caligari.com
Body Text: subscribe <address> truespace
Posting: truespace at caligari.com
* 3D Studio
Autodesk's 3d modelling and rendering system for the IBM PC.
Subscription: 3dstudio-request at bobsbox.rent.com
Body Text: subscribe <address> 3dstudio
Posting: 3dstudio at bobsbox.rent.com
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