A brief explanation of some of the standard FTPOV options...


-lf:\pov\libs     ; These are paths for '*.inc' libraries and
-lf:\pov\include  ; any image-maps without specific locations.

+mv2.0            ; Choose +mv1.0 for POV1.0 compatibility.
+ft               ; Render TARGA format image. Other options include GIF.
+v1               ; Produce reasonably verbose messages.
+x                ; Allow exit from POV during trace (-x is faster).

+mb0              ; enable speed optimisations (automatic bounding slabs).
+ulb              ; use light-buffering for fast shadows.
+uvb              ; use vista-buffering for fast ray calculations.
+ubq              ; Allow bounding (optimisation) of quartic shapes.
+usi              ; Allow splitting & bounding of infinite shapes (planes etc.)

-um2              ; Use CPU<->FPU method #2 (try 1 and 3 - but 2 is usually best).

+a0.2             ; Anti-aliasing. Smoothing improves with smaller values (also slows down).
+q9               ; Quality setting. 0=garbage : 9=maximum : 3=good for previews.
-c                ; Continue trace. This allows continuation of previously aborted render.

+w160             ; image width
+h120             ; image height