POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : MIKA Render Window Background : Re: MIKA Render Window Background Server Time
5 Aug 2024 12:21:25 EDT (-0400)
  Re: MIKA Render Window Background  
From: Tom Melly
Date: 24 Sep 2002 08:21:16
Message: <3d9058bc$1@news.povray.org>
"Ken" <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
news:3D904DD2.8295ED31@pacbell.net...
>
> For the rendering screen? Just out of curiosity, why? I can understand
> why Chris added the checkerboard pattern so that you can see alpha channel
> masks and a black background is traditional, but I don't see any advantage
> to a user specified background.

I assume for alternative viewing of alpha channel masks, etc. The checkerboard
may not be appropriate for all instances, or may not be to the user's liking.

At anyrate, I doubt it's to have something pretty to look at, but if it is:

http://home.primus.com.au/awdcc/jimag/images/gurn7.jpg


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