POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.windows : Exporting images : Re: Exporting images Server Time
26 Jun 2024 03:48:44 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Exporting images  
From: Ryan
Date: 22 Jun 2005 10:50:00
Message: <web.42b979852f69a761e5987fa60@news.povray.org>
Thanks, i've already looked at that, but it's for the command line version -
not the Win GUI. How do I input command line options in the Win version? I
have tried inputting the commands at the top of the .pov file but this
returns errors not recognising them!
Thanks - i'm very new to POV!


Mike Raiford <mra### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> Ryan wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'm using PovRay for windows, and i can't figure out how to make the output
> > file anything but the default 24-bit BMP? I'd like to export to a PGM or
> > other lossless format with 16bits per colour.
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ryan
> >
>
> Um, Read the help, specifically the part on command line options:
>
> http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.1/219/
>
> Also, PNG, TGA, PPM and SYS (BMP in the case of Windows) are the only
> formats available, for anything else you'll have to use a conversion
> program, of which there aer plenty available.
>
> --
> ~Mike
>
> Things! Billions of them!


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