RE: TOOLS: PPM -> SFImage Converter?
Jan Hardenbergh ([email protected])
Fri, 30 Jun 95 12:55:00 E
>> Greg Scallan writes:
>> > I think it is best to have VRML writers support soli external image
format
>> as
>> > opposed to SFImage, so that images don't need to be "imported" into wrl
>> files.
>> Yes, agreed. In fact, since soli users may want to turn off textures in
the
>> browser, we can improve performance *a lot* by just never retrieving
those
>> textures. If they're stored inline as SFImages, then they'll be
downloaded
>> even if they're never used.
>>
>> We should limit the range of formats we expect browsers to support.
>>
>> > I guess JPEG is a good choice being it is freely available code.
>>
>> I agree.
Hey we are webbies, we should be using PNG. There is code that works
at http://www.group42.com/png.htm
-Jan