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  Re: Output file format (gray-16bpp)  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 18 Nov 2003 13:42:02
Message: <al5q81-vqe.ln1@triton.imagico.de>
Omega wrote:
> 
> Ok, I think I made an assumption here that seems to be wrong..
> 
> I read somewhere that when adding "hf_gray_16" to a scene, it produces a
> 16bpp-gray-.TGA file and that file format is kinda internal to PovRAY for
> the "height_field" keyword.
> 
> My initial question should have been:
> 
> If I want to produce a 16-bpp-grayscale image, can I use this format and how
> can I use it (since it's not an universal format) or is there another
> simpler way?
> 
> Hope that clarifies thing :/

Not really, if and how you can use 16 bit images generated by POV-Ray 
depends on the program you want to use them with.

Christoph

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