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From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 10 Aug 2005 11:30:02
Message: <ddd6g5$8n4$1@chho.imagico.de>

Nicolas Calimet wrote:
>> From what I hear, the next version of POV-Ray is supposed to support BMP
>> output.
> 
> 
>     You must be kidding here, I believe.

Well - the BMP reading/writing code ABX (IIRC) wrote for WinPOV is 
portable so it is not a big problem to use it for a non-system specific 
file format.  The question is of course if this has any advantage (to 
compensate the obvious disadvantages).

In any case I can only repeat: It is a very bad idea (tm) to use BMP as 
a file format with POV-Ray - no matter if for render results or for 
image maps.

Christoph

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