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Mapping textures
Using image textures

  • Image texture
  • Uses a single image from a file in one of these formats:

    GIF
  • 8-bit lossless compressed images
  • 1 transparency color
  • Usually a poor choice for texture mapping
    • JPEG
  • 8-bit thru 24-bit lossy compressed images
  • No transparency support
  • An adequate choice for texture mapping
    • PNG
  • 8-bit thru 24-bit lossless compressed images
  • 8-bit transparency per pixel
  • Best choice