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28 Sep 2024 18:33:44 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Transparent PNGs  
From: Stephen
Date: 10 Oct 2017 08:26:43
Message: <59dcbc83$1@news.povray.org>
On 10/10/2017 08:34, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 10-10-2017 9:27, Stephen wrote:
>> On 10/10/2017 07:41, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>> On 9-10-2017 14:00, Stephen wrote:
>>>> On 09/10/2017 12:38, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>>> It might be better to render as tga and later convert to png if 
>>>>> necessary.
>>>>
>>>> Is that one of those "Plant thy Mandrake when the moon is in Taurus 
>>>> and waning gibbous.", things? :-P
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> LOL Yes, but then adapted to the digital world. Even so, I indeed 
>>> recommend Mandrake over a Homunculus. ;-)
>>>
>>
>> Definitely Mandrake over Homunculus. Unless you are going to...
> 
> Yes, unless. ;-)

Indeed.


> 
>>
>>
>>
>>> I seem to remember to have had problems generating transparent png 
>>> images while I never had problems with tga.
>>>
>>
>> I recognised the form of the spell. I had the same problem donkey's 
>> years ago.
>> There was a time when PNGs behaved badly. I think it was not writing 
>> the Alpha values in the output.
>>
> 
> That must be the origin of my dim memory of ancient trouble...
> 

I seem to remember Billboards were all the rage about that time.

-- 

Regards
     Stephen


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