POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Saving as png : Re: Saving as png Server Time
29 Jul 2024 04:25:44 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Saving as png  
From: POVGroup
Date: 12 Oct 2006 07:56:25
Message: <452e2d69$1@news.povray.org>
thanks ...




news:452e2b03@news.povray.org...
> POVGroup <zor### [at] brefemailcom> wrote:
> > i'm curently using povray 3.5, and when i create scene the render
generates
> > a .bmp image..which satisfy me till someone told me that it is possible
to
> > create png files with transparent background (the white of my scene will
be
> > fully transparent) ..
>
>   Use the command-line parameter +fn (if you are using the Windows version
> you can put that in the command-line parameter field, which is at the
right
> of the resolution dropdown menu on the top of the application).
>   If you want to make this change permanent, put that option at the end
> of the main povray.ini file (there's a shortcut to edit that file in the
> tools menu).
>
>   To switch the alpha channel on, use +ua.
>   (I don't recommend writing this to the master .ini file because then
> it would be *always* calculated. Better just put it in the command-line
> field when you want it to be used.)
>
>   Note, however, that if I remember correctly POV-Ray 3.5 doesn't
calculate
> the transparency correctly when using antialiasing, semitransparent
objects
> nor media. You'll have to upgrade to 3.6 for them to work properly.
>
> -- 
>                                                           - Warp


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