Hi Stephanie,

    You need to alter the default output file type. In Windows, the default
is .bmp, which is why you have 'image.bmp'. The tutorial instructs you to
use the +FT switch, which causes POV to output a .tga ( Targa 24-bit ).
    Simply edit \renderer\povray.ini and add +FT to change POV's output file
type, and you'll get .tga's. See Output_File_Options in the help files for
more info.

    I hope this helps you,
    regards,

Andy C.



Stephanie Schnoebelen wrote in message <367### [at] leepfrogcom>...
>When I exactly follow the POVRay (v 3.1) tutorial in the Windows Help
>files up to the creation of hfdemo.pov, I end up with an error that it
>can't open the tga file that I was supposed to have made from image.pov.
>It seems something has been left out of the instructions. (I do have an
>image .bmp in my directory, but I can't seem to save it as a .tga.) Can
>anyone help?
>
>I am looking through the messages so far, because I think that this MUST
>have been asked before, but with 900+ to go, I thought I'd throw myself
>on the mercy of the list! S.O.S.!
>

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