F.VERBAAS wrote in message <370a6ac6.0@news.povray.org>...
>
>You are perfectly right! I mixed up the sequence for 2 byte entries and
>three byte entries. For some reason the HF_Gray_16 format uses three bytes
>per pixel.
>


A fact that leaves me puzzled. Why was the 24 bit TGA format chosen as the
container for 16 bit HF info? 1/3 of the file is in effect wasted space...
Why not use a proprietary format having just 16 bit pixel data? Or even 32
bit, like the Geoforge format.

Margus

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