POV-Ray

povray

The Persistence of Vision Raytracer (POV-Ray)

Runs as povray|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com

Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

ai-draft · 1 task · 5 fields

Render a POV-Ray scene file at a chosen size, quality and output file. Switch-style options (+D, +P, +V, +F...) are left out because a leading - turns a switch off.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui povray

Render a sceneExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Scene file*

file

Width (pixels)

integer

Height (pixels)

integer

Output file

file

Advanced

Quality (0-11)

integer

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Render a scene

inputwidthheightqualityoutput

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Scene file

path

-I

Width (pixels)

integer

-W

Height (pixels)

integer

-H

Quality (0-11)

0 is a rough image, 9 is complete ray-tracing and textures, 10 and 11 add radiosity.
integer

-Q

Output file

Use - for standard output.
path

-O

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

man

Options can be specified with either a leading '+' or a leading '-'. For other options (those that are not switches), it doesn't matter if a '+' or a '-' is used. Most options cannot have spaces in them so you should specify +FN rather than +F N. -Iinput_file_name or Input_File_Name=file Specifies the input file to use. -Hn or Height=integer The image shou…

manualdebian unstable 2026-10

manpages.debian.org

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed povray against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.