[Visualpython-users] Images in VPython

[Joel K. <jj...@ya...>]

First: a member of the Python Edu-Sig group sent me a
bug fix for my image-to-object script. The way I
originally wrote it, bitmaps with less than 24 bits
per pixel may not work. If you insert this line . . .

Picture = Picture.convert("RGB")

. . . after the "Image.open" command, your bitmap data
will be in the right format to be handled properly by
both PIL and VPython.

Second: Jonathan's summary of the texture-mapping
prospects was educational, even though much of it was
beyond my level of expertise. One point that did come
through clearly was the need for powerful hardware to
handle (let alone animate) any significant number of
detailed texture-matched objects. I think that this
would be a good justification for a VPython-oriented
cluster experiment. Does anybody have the time and the
interest to join me in putting together some kind of
grant proposal for a Beowulf project? I'm open to any
relevant suggestions. . . .

Joel



		
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