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- From: Michael Chock <mike@softwarezone.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.graphics.algorithms,alt.sys.amiga.demos,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: LightWave and Z buffers.
- Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 16:25:06 -0800
- Organization: University of California, Los Angeles
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- Fabio Bizzetti wrote:
- >
- > Hi,
- > please, before I consider spending lotsa money for a raytracer, I would need
- > to know if the function I'm looking for exists:
- >
- > Well, I need the Z coordinate of every pixel of the picture that the RayTracer
- > renders for me.
- >
- > Not only the color of the pixel, but also its "distance".
- >
- > I know that any RayTracer "knows" this information, but is there any program so
- > wise to allow this output too?
- >
- > Regards.
-
- I didn't pay too much attention to it at the time, but recently in
- comp.graphics.rendering.raytracing there was a fair discussion on doing this using
- various techniques.
-
- - Mike
-