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.TGA File Problems

    11-Oct-91 19:40:35
Fm: CSA/CA 76077,2774
To: charles vaughn 72330,26
Charles, What programs won't read the .TGA file, or experience banding? 3D Studio produces a valid 24-bit or 32-bit .TGA file. Are your applications displaying in fewer colors (such as a Targa 16, or worse, 8-bit VGA)? When rendering to a 16-bit Targa display, 3D Studio randomly dithers to present a better image, but still saves a full 24-bit file. In these instances, I View File with 3D Studio on the Targa 16, Quit, then enter a Targa application that does not clear the screen, change resolutions or set a different color depth (TIPS, for example). Saving from TIPS, I get a nicely dithered 16-bit .TGA. Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates