starting tut

demo.pov

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+#include "colors.inc"
+#include "stones.inc"
+
+background { rgb < 0.4, 0.28, 0.42 > }
+
+camera {
+    location <0, 2, -3>
+    look_at  <0, 1,  2>
+  }
+
+sphere {
+    <0, 1, 2>, 2
+    texture {
+      /*pigment { color Yellow }*/
+      pigment { color rgb < 0.16, 0.79, 0.04 > }
+    }
+  }
+
+light_source { <2, 4, -3> color White }
+

first.pov

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+
+// This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
+// To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
+// or send a letter to Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain View,
+// California, 94041, USA.
+
+// Persistence Of Vision raytracer version 3.5 sample file.
+//
+// -w320 -h240
+// -w800 -h600 +a0.3
+
+// Sample quartic file
+// by Alexander Enzmann
+
+#version  3.7;
+global_settings { 
+  assumed_gamma 1.0
+}
+
+#include "shapes.inc"
+#include "colors.inc"
+#include "textures.inc"
+
+// a cubic shape, like a cube with smoothed edges in appearance
+quartic {
+  < 1.0,  0.0,  0.0,   0.0,    0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,   0.0,
+    0.0,  0.0,  0.0,   0.0,    0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,   0.0,
+    1.0,  0.0,  0.0,   0.0,    0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,   0.0,
+    1.0,  0.0,  0.0,   0.0, -1000.0 >
+    rotate <20.0, 40.0, 30.0>
+
+   texture {
+      pigment { color rgb<1,0.65,0.0> }
+      finish {
+         phong 1.0
+         phong_size 50
+        // ambient 0.2
+        // diffuse 0.8
+      }
+   } 
+   scale 1.25
+   rotate -45*x
+   translate <0,0,20>
+}
+
+// Put down checkered floor
+plane {
+   y, -20.0
+   texture {
+      pigment {
+         checker colour NavyBlue colour MidnightBlue
+         scale 20.0
+      }
+      finish {
+         ambient 0.8
+         diffuse 0.2
+      }
+   }
+}
+
+camera {
+   angle 65
+   location  <0.0, 2.0, -5.0>
+   right     x*image_width/image_height
+   look_at   <0.0, 1.5,   0.0>
+}
+
+light_source { <50, 100, 0> colour White }
+
+light_source { <-200, 30, -300> colour White }
+
+background { color rgb<1,1,1>*0.03 } 
+

povray-3.7

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+/usr/local/share/povray-3.7