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From: Doctor John
Date: 1 Sep 2014 07:23:54
Message: <5404574a$1@news.povray.org>

On 01/09/14 12:08, Doctor John wrote:
> On 01/09/14 11:59, clipka wrote:
>>
>> It /might/ be because - surprise! - they're not PNG files at all; they
>> have a .png extension, but really they're BMP files.
>>
> 
> Indeed they are:
> 
> john@aphrodite:~> file Bri### [at] ternpng
> BrickPattern.png: PC bitmap, Windows 3.x format, 640 x 200 x 24
> 
> ;-)
> 
> John
> 

Actually, I'm kicking myself for not noticing immediately. The size is a
big giveaway: 375 KB versus 65.1 KB.

A true PNG is attached to demonstrate the diffence.

BTW Bald Eagle, you need to change your ini file settings to generate
true PNG images

John
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