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From: olsen@hpfcdq.HP.COM (John Olsen)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: DBW X viewer and modeler?
Message-ID: <390038@hpfcdq.HP.COM>
Date: 21 Sep 89 23:03:08 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Fort Collins, CO
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yee@osf.org writes:
>	Does anyone know of a X viewer for DBW generated pictures?  Or,
>	what is the process involved in displaying a DBW generated picture
>	on a X workstation?  I have version DBW ray tracer V1.0, the fuzzy
>	bitmap programs, and xgif.  Do I have the right pieces to generate
>	and display ray-traced graphics on a X workstation?

I'm currently trying to hack on fil.c in DBW to get it to use the same file
format as the QRT ray tracer.  Once that's done (and you pester me until
I give it to you), you can generate something that fbm knows how to play 
with.  I still have some problems with it, but it's getting close.  It
generates a correct file format, but the data is swapped msb to lsb. :^)

I'm doing this so I can take advantage of some of the features like anti-
aliasing, and fade to (r,g,b) at a given distance, neither of which QRT
will do.

John M. Olsen, Graphics Software Engineer
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