POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : 16-bit height field paint : Re: 16-bit height field paint Server Time
10 Aug 2024 17:32:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: 16-bit height field paint  
From: Mark Gordon
Date: 11 Nov 1999 01:03:50
Message: <382A6BA4.18707BFA@mailbag.com>
Mark Wagner wrote:
> 
> Andrew Clinton wrote in message <3829E632.D0FD269D@ibm.net>...
> >Hello,
> >
> >I'm looking for a simple height field paint program that will export to
> >a 16-bit greyscale file (such as .pot, .tga, etc. as in the docs.)  I've
> >looked and looked but the only programs I've found that export 16-bit
> >greyscale images are fractal programs.  All that would be necessary in
> >the program would be a simple airbrush tool so that I could paint the
> >elevations with smooth transitions.  If anyone knows of such a program
> >please let me know!
> 
> HF-Lab exports 16-bit PNG files, but it doesn't have any of the tools found
> in a paint program.  I think the GIMP can save 16-bit PNG files, but I'm not
> sure about this.
> 
> Mark

Yes, the GIMP can save 16-big PNG.  I wouldn't exactly call it a "simple
height field paint program", but it's more of a paint program than the
fractal programs.

-Mark Gordon


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