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<h2><a name="s02_02">2.2 </a>Getting Started</h2>
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The beginning tutorial explains step by step how to use POV-Ray's scene description language to create your own
scenes. The use of almost every feature of POV-Ray's language is explained in detail. We will learn basic things like
placing cameras and light sources. We will also learn how to create a large variety of objects and how to assign
different textures to them. The more sophisticated features like <a href="#l17">radiosity</a>, <a href="#l18">interior</a>,
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<a href="s_161.html#s03_08_09_03">3.8.9.3 Interior</a> in 3.8.9 Object Modifiers
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