Chris Cason <new### [at] deletethispovrayorg> wrote:
> But if enough people ask I'd consider adding a way to do it.

  The very first version of this feature (which was first implemented in
the Mac and Unix versions) did not fill the entire image with the checkered
pattern, but filled it at the same time as the actual pixel images. That is,
the background is black at first and if the rendered image has no
transparency, then you don't see the checkered pattern at all. Only if the
rendered image has transparency the checkered pattern starts to show up as
the image is rendered. The Unix version still works this way (I don't know
about the Mac version).
  Even though I don't find the current winpov behaviour annoying, I still
like this behaviour more.

  I wonder if it would be possible to add an option to turn this mode on
or off at will.

-- 
#macro N(D)#if(D>99)cylinder{M()#local D=div(D,104);M().5,2pigment{rgb M()}}
N(D)#end#end#macro M()<mod(D,13)-6mod(div(D,13)8)-3,10>#end blob{
N(11117333955)N(4254934330)N(3900569407)N(7382340)N(3358)N(970)}//  - Warp -

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