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  Re: Output file format (gray-16bpp)  
From: Lutz-Peter Hooge
Date: 18 Nov 2003 13:36:26
Message: <3fba66aa$1@news.povray.org>
Omega <nomail@nomail> wrote:

> It's the TGA in output that I don't know how to use.. my graphic program
> loads it as an RGB file, and I can't find how to convert it to retrieve the
> 16-bpp.

If you use TGA, POV doesn't output "real" 16bit, but splits the 16bit over
the red and green channel, so that grey = 256*red + green.
So, if you want to use the output in a paint program it is better to use 
PNG instead.

Lutz-Peter


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