> 
> ["TonyB" <ben### [at] panamaphoenixnet>]
> | Wouldn't it be great if POV could at least read in JPEG?
> 
> Well, libjpeg is fairly easy to interface so adding JPEG support
> should be trivial, however: jpeg is lossy, and artifacts like that
> can really disturb an otherwise good scene. JPEG should only be used
> for the final image, not for textures.

For those cases where you have an image in jpeg and no other form,
converting it to a non-lossy format like TGA doesn't restore what was
lost.  So Ross' situation is one example of where it might be useful for
textures.

-Mark Gordon

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