In article <3A9220F5.F5E3D687@kivisalo.net>, Kari Kivisalo 
<kar### [at] kivisalonet> wrote:

> > Can you give any clues on what differences we might see
> > if POV-Ray becomes able to output 48 bit images ?
> 
> I plan to experiment with different post processing algorithms,
> dynamic range compression etc., which take images with high dynamic
> range and optimise them for monitor viewing. This requires the 48 bits.
> The images should look more like photographs than CG. That's the short
> version.

I don't think 48 bit output will do what you want...it doesn't affect 
the dynamic range of the image, just the number of levels in each color 
channel. You will probably need to use the post_process patch, which has 
access to the unclipped, full precision values.

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Christopher James Huff
Personal: chr### [at] maccom, http://homepage.mac.com/chrishuff/
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