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From: Frank.Neumann@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Frank Neumann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: DKBTrace etc bits
Keywords: ray tracing
Message-ID: <3667@uniol.UUCP>
Date: 19 Oct 90 10:52:47 GMT
References: <1990Oct15.111407.22461@zeus.usq.edu.au>
Organization: University of Oldenburg, Germany
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Hi Y'all,
s71119@zeus.usq.edu.au (wolfe glen) writes:

>I am looking for the bits of David Buck's ray tracing programme that 
>I haven't got.  Does anyone know where to find :

>			DKBData.lzh
>			DKBSource.lzh
>			DKBPics.lzh

I found them all at alfred.ccs.carleton.ca in /pub/dkbtrace/...although
it's quite a long way to Australia... :)

>BTW - any comments on this package?
When I saw sunset.pic, I thought: 'Well, would even have been a good
picture for painted - but being RAYTRACED!' (Well, you know, I was
amazed 8-))
Further comments: It doesn't seem to work with the RAM: device - that is,
I can trace the picture there, but when using Dump2Iff, I always get
an 'IFF write error' ... this does not occur when using DF0:, however.
Another minor disadvantage: It doesn't seem to be able to create
non-interlaced pictures (I hope I don't say anything wrong here - I
certainly did NOT yet read the manual fully.. 8-])..so, I still just
patch the complete IFF File by changing the ViewModes (I think it's the
ViewModes - the one you find in the CAMG chunk). I take the word
describing the ViewModes, and remove the third bit (value: 4).
(in an EDITOR - *shudder* how ugly! 8))... but it works! :)
That's all I know - more things we should ask the author to improve ?
(What ? Improve it myself ? :))

Bye,
Frank
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