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'''POV-Ray scene description''' is the input format used by the POV-Ray (Persistence of Vision Raytracer) raytracing software. It is a plain text format.

POV-Ray originated as a successor to DKBTrace (see [[DKBTrace scene description]]).

== Specifications ==
* [http://www.povray.org/documentation/ POV-Ray documentation]
* http://www.fileformat.info/format/pov/spec/index.htm

== Software ==
* [http://www.povray.org/download/ POV-Ray]
** [http://www.povray.org/ftp/pub/povray/Old-Versions/ Old POV-Ray versions]

== Sample files ==
* [http://lib.povray.org/searchcollection/index.php POV-Ray Object Collection]
** [http://lib.povray.org/searchcollection/index2.php Thumbnails]
* http://cd.textfiles.com/blackphiles/PHILES/3DOBJ/ (see the [http://cd.textfiles.com/blackphiles/PHILES/3DOBJ/FILES.BBS index])
* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/poly/povRay/

== Links ==
* [http://www.povray.org/ POV-Ray website]
* [[Wikipedia:POV-Ray]]
* {{EGFF|pov|POV File Format Summary}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]]