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- From: mchapin@vcn.com (Mike Chapin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.graphics.algorithms,alt.sys.amiga.demos,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: LightWave and Z buffers.
- Date: 28 Mar 1996 12:49:33 GMT
- Organization: Powder River
- Message-ID: <4je1st$6ha@news.tcd.net>
- References: <430.6656T1399T1268@mbox.vol.it>
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- In article <430.6656T1399T1268@mbox.vol.it>,
- bizzetti@mbox.vol.it (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?
-
- You could go with the POV raytracer. It is free and you can get the source
- also. You could modify it to output whatever information you wanted.
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