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> Unlike the BMP output, PNG output (+FN) doesn't cause POV-Ray to crash but 
> the resulting file is corrupt according to several viewing or image apps 
> (Windows XP viewer, Gimp, Picture Publisher). They either refuse to open 
> the file or show a damaged picture (artefacts).

What happens is that the file is kept open until POV-Ray is closed (it 
cannot be deleted for instances). Closing POV-Ray seems to add a couple of 
bytes to the file and then it becomes "finished" (and can be opened 
normally).

G.

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