Yes Richard, Point taken. Maybe it could just be a fractal library with documented function calls that anyone could link into independent of operating system. Eg a bit like the JPEG library or the PNG library. This would allow a whole range of options. Thanks, Paul. ---------------------------------------------------------- Paul de Leeuw Computers NSW Central Coast, Australia Email: pdeleeuw@deleeuw.com.au www: < http://www.deleeuw.com.au> ABN 72 360 822 562 ---------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: fractdev-bounces+pdeleeuw=telstra.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:fractdev-bounces+pdeleeuw=telstra.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Thursday, 25 January 2007 1:44 AM To: Fractint developer's list Subject: Re: [Fractdev] beta 2 Once this becomes a real 'release', it will be at a point where you could certainly add PNG support. Honestly, I think truecolor and animation support should wait until we've separated the engine and the UI. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/> _______________________________________________ Fractdev mailing list Fractdev@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractdev