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12 Aug 2024 13:14:07 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Rendering in B&W?  
From: Margus Ramst
Date: 12 Mar 1999 15:16:57
Message: <36e97639.0@news.povray.org>
Damn! You beat me to it. Perhaps I should write my messages online.

Margus

Ken wrote in message <36E96D77.9FBEB7EF@pacbell.net>...
>
>   For the purposes of the i.r.t.c. contest this method is invalid. Yes it
> is true that the image is in 16 bit gray scale but it is also true that
> if try to view it in a normal image viewing program it is not recognizable
> as a normal image. In most cases they an ugly green in color and highly
> pixelated in appearance. To make it visible it needs to be color and
format
> converted. If you are going to do that you might as well use an image
> conversion program to turn into 256 shades of gray and gain the added
color
> depth in the process. Either way it's not allowed in the competition so
it's
> a moot point. It is for these reasons I did not bring it up before simply
> because it's not the solution the original poster will need to accomplish
> his goal.
>
>
>--
>Ken Tyler
>
>mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net


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