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- From: bizzetti@mbox.vol.it (Fabio Bizzetti)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.graphics.algorithms,alt.sys.amiga.demos,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: LightWave and Z buffers.
- Date: 25 Mar 1996 04:45:14 GMT
- Organization: Video On Line
- Distribution: world
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- >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.
-
- > You want depth-maps.
-
- >>I know that any RayTracer "knows" this information, but is there any program
- >>so wise to allow this output too?
-
- > Well... Alias PowerAnimator V7 is what I use, but if you don't feel
- >like selling your house or whatever to buy a decent SGI to go with
- >that, I believe there is a plug-in for LightWave now that outputs
- >depth-maps. Not sure about the format though - Alias outputs an array
- >of floats, which is quite handy. I would guess the LW plugin does the
- >same.
-
- > Other than that, I know of no cheap raytracer that supports
- >depth-map output, which is kind of strange since it's a very useful
- >feature.
-
- >>Regards.
-
-
- >===============================================================
- > Stefan Boberg boberg@team17.com
- > "This, like, sucks in ways that we've never seen stuff suck
- > before, so it's kinda cool!" - B&B
-
-
- Thank you.
- "Deep-map" gives fully the idea of what I need. :)
-
- Any output format is fine, I can write a program to convert it.
-
- Bye and thanks again.
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