POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.windows : Exporting images : Re: Exporting images Server Time
26 Jun 2024 03:33:40 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Exporting images  
From: Mike Raiford
Date: 22 Jun 2005 11:29:03
Message: <42b983bf$1@news.povray.org>
Ryan wrote:
> Thanks, i've already looked at that, but it's for the command line version -
> not the Win GUI. How do I input command line options in the Win version? I
> have tried inputting the commands at the top of the .pov file but this
> returns errors not recognising them!
> Thanks - i'm very new to POV!
> 
> 
> Mike Raiford <mra### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> 
>>Ryan wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>I'm using PovRay for windows, and i can't figure out how to make the output
>>>file anything but the default 24-bit BMP? I'd like to export to a PGM or
>>>other lossless format with 16bits per colour.
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Ryan
>>>
>>
>>Um, Read the help, specifically the part on command line options:
>>
>>http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.1/219/
>>
>>Also, PNG, TGA, PPM and SYS (BMP in the case of Windows) are the only
>>formats available, for anything else you'll have to use a conversion
>>program, of which there aer plenty available.
>>
>>--
>>~Mike
>>
>>Things! Billions of them!
> 

As m1j replied, the INI file, or just to the right of the resolution 
pull-down, you'll notice an empty box, here you can enter command-line 
options.


-- 
~Mike

Things! Billions of them!


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