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From: Zeger Knaepen
Date: 13 May 2008 11:51:03
Message: <4829b8e7@news.povray.org>
"triple_r" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message 
news:web.4829b8336f09fee62a82b8e90@news.povray.org...
> "Zeger Knaepen" <zeg### [at] povplacecom> wrote:
>> there seems to be an error with png-output, I get ridiculously large 
>> files
>> (a 64x64 rendering of the cornell-box gives me a 65MB png, or a 13KB 
>> BMP),
>> and after a few iterations (ranging from 10 to 300, so far), I get the
>> error-message:
>
> That's the same thing I get, but I think the answer is just that png 
> output is
> not really supported yet.  Since it renders in passes, the BMP output has 
> been
> altered so it overwrites the image, rather than appending.  Solution?  Use 
> BMP
> for now?

yep, that's the solutions I'm using at the moment :)

cu!
-- 
#macro G(b,e)b+(e-b)*C/50#end#macro _(b,e,k,l)#local C=0;#while(C<50)
sphere{G(b,e)+3*z.1pigment{rgb G(k,l)}finish{ambient 1}}#local C=C+1;
#end#end _(y-x,y,x,x+y)_(y,-x-y,x+y,y)_(-x-y,-y,y,y+z)_(-y,y,y+z,x+y)
_(0x+y.5+y/2x)_(0x-y.5+y/2x)            // ZK http://www.povplace.com


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