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  Re: format of hf_gray_16 .bmp files?  
From: Mike Williams
Date: 7 Jul 2005 19:35:42
Message: <psnpkEAvpbzCFw87@econym.demon.co.uk>
Wasn't it Christoph Hormann who wrote:
>Mike Williams wrote:
>> 
>> It says that you can use a PPM file as a 16-bit height field, but you
>> have to use a PGM file (and the syntax is "height_field pgm filename").
>
>You can use a PPM file in a height_field,
>
>height_field {
>   ppm "test.ppm"
>}

Doesn't that only work for 8-bit PPM files, whereas the documentation
states that it works for 16-bit PPMs.

-- 
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure


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