Thorsten Froehlich nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 12-03-2007 14:10:
> scam wrote:
>> But won't the image file need to be converted back into a mesh at parse
>> time?

>> Just to clarify, I have 5000x5000 pixel png image 

> That is at least 25 MB, even if it is compressed to like 12 MB, which do
> take a second or two to read from disk alone - if you have a fast disk and
> the file is stored linearly on disk!

> Heightfields in POV-Ray are not converted to meshes.

> 	Thorsten
Somebody know how to make a virtual drive in windows? That way, assuming that 
you have enough RAM, the access will get a huge boost.

-- 
Alain
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