Forgive me, but I have searched and read til my eyes and brain were
weary....but I cant figure out for the life of me how to save files in a
format like gif or jpeg.
I read about switches and such...but I am lost.
Does anyone have instructions for us that are instructionally
challenged?

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k wrote:

> ....but I cant figure out for the life of me how to save files in a
> format like gif or jpeg.

I believe that you can only save files in the formats specified in section
6.2.2.3.1 of the doc.
jpeg and gif aren't among them.

I prefer to have my files in PNG format.
To do this, I changed povray.ini to read:

    Output_File_Type=N
    Output_File_Name=pov.png

Want to learn more about the PNG format?
Go to:  http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png/

--
Alan

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MY HERO!!!

Simple...to the point.  I love it.
Many thanks

yan### [at] pacbellnet wrote:

> k wrote:
>
> > ....but I cant figure out for the life of me how to save files in a
> > format like gif or jpeg.
>
> I believe that you can only save files in the formats specified in section
> 6.2.2.3.1 of the doc.
> jpeg and gif aren't among them.
>
> I prefer to have my files in PNG format.
> To do this, I changed povray.ini to read:
>
>     Output_File_Type=N
>     Output_File_Name=pov.png
>
> Want to learn more about the PNG format?
> Go to:  http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png/
>
> --
> Alan

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Well......thought I understood.  I still cant save file in .png.  ARGH!


yan### [at] pacbellnet wrote:

> k wrote:
>
> > ....but I cant figure out for the life of me how to save files in a
> > format like gif or jpeg.
>
> I believe that you can only save files in the formats specified in section
> 6.2.2.3.1 of the doc.
> jpeg and gif aren't among them.
>
> I prefer to have my files in PNG format.
> To do this, I changed povray.ini to read:
>
>     Output_File_Type=N
>     Output_File_Name=pov.png
>
> Want to learn more about the PNG format?
> Go to:  http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png/
>
> --
> Alan

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k <21e### [at] msncom> wrote in message <354E20BB.A45B2757@msn.com>...
>Well......thought I understood.  I still cant save file in .png.  ARGH!


In POV-Ray you don't *save* a file in *any* image format:

With the "Save/Save As" commands of the "File" menu you *save* a file in the
POV-Ray scene-description language (which is always text-format).

But if you render a scene, it is not only rendered to the screen, but the
image is also stored on the disk, usually in the same folder the scenefile
(POV-file) is stored in, with the same name (except for the extension) as
you POV-file (if you didn't change any settings).
And this stored file is an image-file. By default in TGA format, but with
the switches (as described in other answers to your posts) you can also save
to PNG, BMP etc.

Johannes.

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