man/man1/lookamb.1

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.TH LOOKAMB 1 11/15/93 RADIANCE
.SH NAME
lookamb - examine ambient file values
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lookamb
[
.B \-d
][
.B \-r
][
.B \-h
]
[
.B ambfile
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Lookamb
examines an ambient file produced by
.I rpict(1),
.I rtrace(1),
or
.I rview(1).
The default mode prints the position, direction, level, weight,
radius, value, position gradient and direction gradient
for each stored ambient value preceded by a
label appropriate for human interpretation.
The 
.I \-d
option prints the same quantities in 18 columns without any expanatory
text, and is more appropriate as input to another program.
.PP
The
.I \-r
option performs the reverse conversion, taking the output of lookamb
and reproducing the original ambient file on the standard output.
.PP
The
.I \-h
option causes lookamb not to print out the header information on the
output, or not to expect it on the input with the
.I \-r
option.
.PP
If no file is given,
.I lookamb
reads from the standard input.
.SH NOTES
Before release 2.2 of Radiance, ambient files were in a
machine-dependent format.
Since that is no longer the case, ambient files can now be moved
freely between machines without any conversions.
Thus, the only reason to use
.I lookamb
now is to examine the contents of an ambient file.
.SH AUTHOR
Greg Ward
.SH "SEE ALSO"
getinfo(1), oconv(1), pfilt(1), pinterp(1), rpict(1), rtrace(1), rview(1)
Revision:	1.1
Committed:	Tue Mar 11 19:20:21 2003 UTC (22 years, 8 months ago) by greg
Branch:	MAIN
CVS Tags:	rad3R5
Log Message:	Added documentation to repository
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2			.TH LOOKAMB 1 11/15/93 RADIANCE
3			.SH NAME
4			lookamb - examine ambient file values
5			.SH SYNOPSIS
6			.B lookamb
7			[
8			.B \-d
9			][
10			.B \-r
11			][
12			.B \-h
13			]
14			[
15			.B ambfile
16			]
17			.SH DESCRIPTION
18			.I Lookamb
19			examines an ambient file produced by
20			.I rpict(1),
21			.I rtrace(1),
22			or
23			.I rview(1).
24			The default mode prints the position, direction, level, weight,
25			radius, value, position gradient and direction gradient
26			for each stored ambient value preceded by a
27			label appropriate for human interpretation.
28			The
29			.I \-d
30			option prints the same quantities in 18 columns without any expanatory
31			text, and is more appropriate as input to another program.
32			.PP
33			The
34			.I \-r
35			option performs the reverse conversion, taking the output of lookamb
36			and reproducing the original ambient file on the standard output.
37			.PP
38			The
39			.I \-h
40			option causes lookamb not to print out the header information on the
41			output, or not to expect it on the input with the
42			.I \-r
43			option.
44			.PP
45			If no file is given,
46			.I lookamb
47			reads from the standard input.
48			.SH NOTES
49			Before release 2.2 of Radiance, ambient files were in a
50			machine-dependent format.
51			Since that is no longer the case, ambient files can now be moved
52			freely between machines without any conversions.
53			Thus, the only reason to use
54			.I lookamb
55			now is to examine the contents of an ambient file.
56			.SH AUTHOR
57			Greg Ward
58			.SH "SEE ALSO"
59			getinfo(1), oconv(1), pfilt(1), pinterp(1), rpict(1), rtrace(1), rview(1)