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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).
>

Well, Windows and Picture Publisher find the PNG files to be OK but the GIMP 
still complains about the files being corrupted (but displays them OK after 
that)...

G.

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