"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

> *Ideally*, for testing a 16-bit grayscale-output image (to then make a
> height_field for examination), I would need to render at least the vertical
> dimension of the image at a res of 65,536 pixels-- to *clearly* see the steps
> vs. some other bit depth. I actually tried such a test-image render-- and
> POV-ray crashed and burned :-O   I kind of expected that.


So did I.  But you don't have to render them all at once.
Do an animation and shift the camera to render different sections and "ascend
the staircase" one chunk at a time.



> I can rest now!
You think so, eh, slacker?
As long as POV-Ray is around you have a lot of work ahead of you....   ;)

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