POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : Making objects into heightfields : Re: Making objects into heightfields Server Time
29 Jul 2024 18:22:16 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Making objects into heightfields  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 1 Mar 2001 06:40:36
Message: <3A9E3534.E9A9254F@gmx.de>
Chris Huff wrote:
> 
> There should be a high-precision grayscale format somewhere out
> there...it'd be nice to store large height fields without the wasted
> space.
> 

What's wrong about 16 bit greyscale png?
Just use hf_gray_16 and +fn16.

Christoph

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