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Maximilianibus
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« on: December 10, 2010, 07:21:26 am » |
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hey guys! many images in the www are pngs... so make them compatibel!  |
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lynn22
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« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2010, 08:27:44 am » |
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Why would that be a requirement ?
Convert your image to a format that can be imported.
Also, remember that most images on the www are copyright of the poster and may not be available for others to use.
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Maximilianibus
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« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2010, 10:59:45 am » |
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well, but i prefer using pngs and bmps than gifs or such
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3D Joe Wiltshire
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« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2010, 06:22:30 pm » |
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Jpegs ftw  |
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novocas7rian
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« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2010, 06:17:27 pm » |
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PNG support would be nice though especially if anim8or supported alpha mapping in textures, and rendered shadows accordingly.
For instance, creating a rectangle, IV mapping a texture of a tree onto it with transparent background, and the "ground" under the tree has the tree-shaped shadow when rendered rather than a box, as happens in Povray.
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davdud101
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« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2010, 12:03:42 pm » |
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Ah i don't really like jpg's, they're sooooo low quality and png's look so much better. Oh yeah novocas I have absolutly no idea what ur talkin about.
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Maximilianibus
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« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2010, 03:28:30 pm » |
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I think He means the correct render of alpha maps
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novocas7rian
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« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2010, 04:42:46 pm » |
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Sorry if I'm not clear - I'm rushed for time right now else I'd setup an example in povray to illustrate.
Yes, I'm talking about correctly rendering alpha maps, which PNG would support, but also rendering _shadows_ of alpha-mapped-textured objects correctly. In my "tree" illustration, the object is just a rectangle, so if its treated as a solid as anim8or does now, you'd see a rectangular shadow cast by it.
If the rectangle, however, is textured with a PNG that uses transparency, it'd be great if the shadow also used the alpha map of the texture. For instance, if the rectangle is textured to a tree, you'd ideally see the tree being rendered and other objects behind it (eg support for the alpha maps) and you'd also see the tree cast a tree-shadow, not the rectangular shadow of the object its mapped onto. Hope that makes it clearer.
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davdud101
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« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2010, 10:29:28 am » |
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Ok, that makes much more sense.
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« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2010, 03:31:43 pm » |
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Jpegs ftw I prefer PNG's over GIF's and JPEG's. png's look so much better.
I agree, and the fact that they support transparency is a bonus. |
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davdud101
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« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2010, 04:21:32 pm » |
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Yup, transmaps would probably become obselete if Anim8or supported PNG's w/ transparencies.
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Maximilianibus
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« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2010, 06:34:55 pm » |
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Well, yeah. But Actually i thought, if i eg Need a Wood textur, 90% of the good Images are pngs  |
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« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2010, 07:02:18 pm » |
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PNG's are easy to convert to a usable format, so don't eliminate the option of using those textures. I do agree, PNG's would be a wonderful feature, the issue is this feature's been requested a thousand times already, and most people want it. I believe Steve knows people want it to be implemented, he just hasn't gotten around to it yet, as he's a very busy man!
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davdud101
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« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2010, 07:07:18 pm » |
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I think Steve's given up on Anim8or and doesn't have the heart to tell us. But yeah, PNG's are easy enough to convert, just they lose so much quality.
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Kyle
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« Reply #14 on: December 29, 2010, 08:50:03 pm » |
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then why not pass the torch by making it open source?
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