Paolo Bormida wrote:
> 
> Sorry I was not very detailed in my previous question about height fields.
> 
> The problem I have is the following...
> 
> I have a black/white logo. (not really black and white but pretends to be
> so)
> 
> This logo has been got through a scanner so it has not very precise
> contours.
> 
> I have to use this logo in POV for normals (no problem) and height fields to
> render it in an appealing way.
> 
> Since it is black and white I would like to make its contours smooth in
> order to get a rounded height field in POV.
> 
> I have seen a UNIX utility called 'level connector' (lev-con) that might
> help but I use Windows NT ...  any port ?
> 
> Anyone know any utility to massage, clean and restyle B&W scanned images to
> be used as height fields ?

You might try HFLab, by John Beale.  Load your text in it and apply the
lowpass filter.  This will smooth rough spots and round off the edges. 
HFLab is available at: http://shell3.ba.best.com/~beale/

Jerry Anning
cle### [at] dholcom

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