--- ray/doc/man/man1/ranimove.1 2012/09/28 22:20:49 1.8 +++ ray/doc/man/man1/ranimove.1 2012/10/05 00:59:38 1.9 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" RCSid "$Id: ranimove.1,v 1.8 2012/09/28 22:20:49 greg Exp $" +.\" RCSid "$Id: ranimove.1,v 1.9 2012/10/05 00:59:38 greg Exp $" .TH RANIMOVE 1 1/30/03 RADIANCE .SH NAME ranimove - render a RADIANCE animation with motion @@ -277,8 +277,17 @@ This variable specifies the fraction of a frame time t is simulated as being open for motion blur. Motion blur is computed by .I ranimove -using image-based rendering methods, and will not be exact. -The default value is 0, meaning no motion blurring. +using image-based rendering methods in a rather crude fashion. +A much better result is achieved by setting +.I MBLUR=0 +and using the +.I pmblur2(1) +command as a post-process, assigning the +.I ZNAME +and +.I MNAME +variables described below. +The default motion blur is 0. .TP .BR RATE This variable specifies the animation frame rate, in frames per second. @@ -335,8 +344,9 @@ This string should contain a .I printf(3) style integer field to distinguish one frame number from another. The final frames will use this name with a ".zbf" suffix. -This is intended for debugging purposes, and is not useful in -most circumstances. +This is needed by the +.I pmblur2 +command to compute a better motion blur. There is no default setting for this variable. .TP .BR MNAME @@ -345,11 +355,15 @@ This string should contain a .I printf(3) style integer field to distinguish one frame number from another. The final frames will use this name with a ".mvo" suffix. -This is mostly for debugging and special applications, -and not intended for normal use. +This file is used together with the image and depth buffer by +.I pmblur2 +to compute a better motion blur. +In this case, the +.I MBLUR +variable should be unset or zero. The file will contain 3 16-bit unsigned values per pixel. -The first two are the x and y offsets from the previous frame, with -an offset of 32768. +The first two are the x and y offsets to each pixel in the previous frame, +with an offset of 32768 being no movement. The third value is 0 if the previous frame's pixel was on a different object, and 32768 if it was on the same object. There is no default setting for this variable. @@ -408,5 +422,5 @@ Note the use of abbreviation for variable names. .SH AUTHOR Greg Ward .SH "SEE ALSO" -fieldcomb(1), oconv(1), pfilt(1), pinterp(1), pvalue(1), rad(1), +fieldcomb(1), oconv(1), pfilt(1), pinterp(1), pmblur2(1), pvalue(1), rad(1), ran2tiff(1), ranimate(1), rpict(1), xform(1)