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  Re: TGA files containing HF_Gray_16 data  
From: Margus Ramst
Date: 10 Apr 1999 20:41:23
Message: <370fe1a3.0@news.povray.org>
You would, in effect, convert a 256-color image to HF_16, still containing
only 256 unique values. Correct colors, yes, but still only 256. You might
as well take the standard greyscale image to a paint program and make it the
red channel of a truecolor TGA.

Margus

Ken wrote in message <370FCBC4.8854EE2B@pacbell.net>...
>
>I wonder if it would be possible to simply apply the standard greyscale
>image you produced as an image map to a plane, render the image to full
>screen using the hf_gray_16 settings, and then use the resulting image
>as a color correct version. Would the translation work or would it simply
>copy the incorrect data into a different format ?
>
>
>--
>Ken Tyler
>
>mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net


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