Re: [K3d-development] CVS release notes - K-3D 0.3.0.52

[Timothy M. S. <ts...@k-...>]

Fred Labrosse wrote:

> Timothy M. Shead writes:
>  > Fred Labrosse wrote:
>  > 
>  > > Timothy M. Shead writes:
>  > >  > 
>  > >  > I was contemplating including our own pnmtotiff in the K-3D sources, but 
>  > >  > this raises an even larger issue: since netpbm does not support alpha 
>  > >  > channels, we lose the alpha when we load an image, and we lose it when 
>  > >  > we write it out (for use by the render engine).  This is a pretty big 
>  > >  > hole in our feature list, so it would be great if somebody could write a 
>  > >  > new image import/export plugin or plugins.  I'm just throwing out ideas 
>  > >  > here:
>  > >  > 
>  > >  > * libpng
>  > > 
>  > > I'd go for that one.  libpng is very easy to use.  They provide a very
>  > > detailed guided example.  If somebody tell me exactly what is needed (or
>  > > what is already available), I'll do it.  But it may take a while as I'm at
>  > > the moment juggling between a huge amount of things at the same time...
>  > 
>  > If someone were to do an ImageMagick or DevIL plugin, a standalone png 
>  > plugin would be superflous, so don't kill yourself, Amigo!
> 
> I quite agree...  I just replied before reading the stuff on DevIL.
> 
> Is anybody doing it in any of these two?

Looks like the answer is no ;)  If you're contemplating tackling one, 
ImageMagick is probably more widely distributed, but either would be 
great to have.

I'm just sayin' ...
Tim