POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : 16-bit height field paint : Re: 16-bit height field paint Server Time
10 Aug 2024 17:27:33 EDT (-0400)
  Re: 16-bit height field paint  
From: Mark Wagner
Date: 11 Nov 1999 00:33:26
Message: <382a5526@news.povray.org>
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


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