AFAIK, POV only supports uncompressed 24-bit BMP-s (although I'm unsure about
the 24-bit part). Make sure your file is an uncompressed truecolor BMP.

Margus

Scott Stewart wrote:
> 
> File type not supported.  That is the message.
> 
> Ken wrote:
> 
> > Scott Stewart wrote:
> > >
> > > Wow! What a treasure trove of POV-ray people!  I have spent the last
> > > hour going over hundreds of messages.  I still haven't found an answer
> > > to what you may call a very simple problem.
> >
> > Welcome aboard.
> >
> > > I want to create reefs for an underwater scene.  It seemed logical to
> > > use a height_field so I created a bitmap image to use as my height_field
> > > but POV-ray will not recognize the file type.  I can't find a bitmap to
> > > targa converter.  Am I approaching this all wrong?
> > >
> > > height_field {
> > > sys  "reef.bmp"
> > >    pigment {White}
> > >    smooth
> > >    translate <-.5, -1, 0>
> > >    water_level .5
> > > }
> >
> > It looks perfectly acceptable to me. You could also try using a .gif image
> > but the .bmp format should be working if you are using POV-Ray for windows.
> > What is the exact error message that you are recieving from Pov ?
> >
> > --
> > Ken Tyler
> > 1100+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
> > http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html

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