Wasn't it Petah who wrote:
>"Slime" <fak### [at] emailaddress> wrote:
>> > how do you set output fileformats to png and tga so it out puts
>> tranparancy
>> > as well?
>>
>> Add the +UA switch.
>>
>>  - Slime
>>  [ http://www.slimeland.com/ ]
>
>that sets it to render with trans but it still saves it as a bmp destroying
>the trans data

That's because the BMP format doesn't support transparency.
Use PNG by adding +FN or TARGA by adding +FC or +FT.

If you want to change the default file format, so that you don't have to
remember to use the switches each time, then you can edit your master
POVRAY.INI file (in the Tools menu) to add the switches you want to be
active by default.

-- 
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure

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