POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : saving pov pics : Re: saving pov pics Server Time
6 Sep 2024 02:20:21 EDT (-0400)
  Re: saving pov pics  
From: ET
Date: 9 Apr 1999 05:40:55
Message: <370DBD43.1E2246A8@primus.com.au>
Hi...
Yes, this might be the most often asked question - its probably got a
lot to do with no- one bothering to answer in straight precise English.
As a newcomer to this subject I do find it annoying that there seems to
be a pathetic lack of plain English explanations and clear simple
examples of what is quite a difficult, yet rewarding subject.

I asked this question myself recently and was rudely ignored - I will
now show that it is possilbe to give a simple, clear answer.
If part of it is wrong, I trust some of you might come down from your
ivory towers and give a dignified correction.

Your pov effort is saved automatically as either a BMP or TGA file.My
new povray is saving my efforts as bmp format in an "images" folder it
created when I installed povray.
This is, of course, a useless format for most people in this era.
If you want a gif , you need to  open the saved file using a graphics
editor, such as Paint shop Pro, and resave the file as a gif file, or as
a jpg file if you want higher quality.

That is what I know from my humble experience.I hope it helps.
At least it is more precise and less smart alecky than the link you were
given.

Regards,
Eero Tarik
Adelaide
South Australia........sunny..........max 24C........lovely...........


Post a reply to this message

Copyright 2003-2023 Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd.