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  Re: 48-bit PNG output from POVRay garbled in Photoshop  
From: marabou
Date: 2 Jul 2002 16:56:01
Message: <3d221360@news.povray.org>
George Pantazopoulos wrote:

> Hey all,
>     When I output a PNG file with Bits_Per_Color=16, loading it into
> Photoshop 6.0 does not produce a recognizable image. Is there something
> wrong with POV's 48-bit PNG output, or am I missing something here? I
> would prefer to just output a PPM with a .raw extension, but theres no way
> to automate this anymore as +FR was dropped. I'd rather not have to use
> +oImage.raw becaue then I lose the ability to have the scene file name in
> the image. (Photoshop does not read PPM files with a .ppm extension, they
> have to be loaded as .raw).
> 
> Any ideas on getting POVRay to output a 48-bit PNG (or other 48-bit file
> format) suitable for Photoshop?
> 

you use 16 bits_per_color and want a 48bit PNG? maybe you try a 16bit TGA 
and load it into Photoshop...


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