man/man1/rcode_norm.1

.\" RCSid "$Id: rcode_norm.1,v 1.4 2021/04/28 19:15:09 greg Exp $"
.TH RCODE_NORM 1 7/19/2019 RADIANCE
.SH NAME
rcode_norm - encode/decode 32-bit surface normal map
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rcode_norm
[
.B \-h[io]
][
.B \-H[io]
][
.B \-f[afd]
][
.B "-x xr -y yr"
]
[
input
[output.nrm]
]
.br
.B "rcode_norm -r"
[
.B \-i
][
.B \-u
][
.B \-h[io]
][
.B \-H[io]
][
.B \-f[afd]
]
[
input.nrm
[output]
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Rcode_norm
reads a map of direction vectors
and encodes them in an efficient 32-bit/pixel format.
Input is taken from the first named file, or standard input if no
files are given.
Output is sent to the second named file, or standard output if none.
.PP
The
.I \-hi
option tells
.I rcode_norm
not to expect an information header on its input.
The
.I \-ho
option tells
.I rcode_norm
not to produce an information header on its output.
Specifying
.I \-h
turns both input and output headers off.
Similarly, the
.I \-Hi
option says not to expect an image resolution string on input, the
.I \-Ho
option says not to produce one on output, and
.I \-H
applies both.
The
.I \-x
and
.I \-y
options give the horizontal and vertical map dimensions, respectively.
If provided, then an input resolution string will not be expected.
.PP
The default input format is ASCII (user-readable) real triplets,
corresponding to the
.I \-fa
option.
The
.I \-ff
option tells
.I rcode_norm
to expect three binary, 32-bit floating-point values per
normal on its input, instead.
The
.I \-fd
option tells it to expect 64-bit/component vectors.
.PP
The second form applies the
.I \-r
option to perform a reverse conversion, decoding 32-bit normal directions
on the input and producing one of the above formats on output.
The 
.I \-h
and
.I \-H
options have the same behavior as before.
.PP
When decoding, the
.I \-i
option tells
.I rcode_norm
to produce one depth or world point
for each integer input pair specifying
the horizontal and vertical coordinates of a particular pixel,
where x is measured from 0 on the left and y from 0 at the bottom
in the standard orientation.
Note that
.I \-i
implies that an encoded normal file is explicitly given on the command
line, since the pixel coordinates are read from the standard input.
Also, the
.I \-H
option is not supported with
.I \-i,
since the map dimensions are required on the
input and not copied to the output.
If the
.I \-u
option is also given, output will be flushed after each normal.
.SH EXAMPLES
To store float surface normals out of rtrace:
.IP "" .2i
rtrace -ff < rays.flt -x 512 -y 400 -oN octree | rcode_norm -ff > norms.nrm
.PP
To query specific normals using ximage with the 't' command:
.IP "" .2i
ximage -op render.hdr | rcode_norm -i -r norms.nrm
.SH AUTHOR
Greg Ward
.SH "SEE ALSO"
rcalc(1), rcode_depth(1), rcode_ident(1), rcode2bmp(1),
rcrop(1), rlam(1), rsplit(1), rtpict(1)
Revision:	1.5
Committed:	Tue Mar 15 04:41:45 2022 UTC (3 years, 7 months ago) by greg
Branch:	MAIN
CVS Tags:	rad6R0, rad5R4, HEAD
Changes since 1.4:	+2 -2 lines
Log Message:	feat(rcrop): Added support for cropping encoded depth and normal files
#	Content
1	.\" RCSid "$Id: rcode_norm.1,v 1.4 2021/04/28 19:15:09 greg Exp $"
2	.TH RCODE_NORM 1 7/19/2019 RADIANCE
3	.SH NAME
4	rcode_norm - encode/decode 32-bit surface normal map
5	.SH SYNOPSIS
6	.B rcode_norm
7	[
8	.B \-h[io]
9	][
10	.B \-H[io]
11	][
12	.B \-f[afd]
13	][
14	.B "-x xr -y yr"
15	]
16	[
17	input
18	[output.nrm]
19	]
20	.br
21	.B "rcode_norm -r"
22	[
23	.B \-i
24	][
25	.B \-u
26	][
27	.B \-h[io]
28	][
29	.B \-H[io]
30	][
31	.B \-f[afd]
32	]
33	[
34	input.nrm
35	[output]
36	]
37	.SH DESCRIPTION
38	.I Rcode_norm
39	reads a map of direction vectors
40	and encodes them in an efficient 32-bit/pixel format.
41	Input is taken from the first named file, or standard input if no
42	files are given.
43	Output is sent to the second named file, or standard output if none.
44	.PP
45	The
46	.I \-hi
47	option tells
48	.I rcode_norm
49	not to expect an information header on its input.
50	The
51	.I \-ho
52	option tells
53	.I rcode_norm
54	not to produce an information header on its output.
55	Specifying
56	.I \-h
57	turns both input and output headers off.
58	Similarly, the
59	.I \-Hi
60	option says not to expect an image resolution string on input, the
61	.I \-Ho
62	option says not to produce one on output, and
63	.I \-H
64	applies both.
65	The
66	.I \-x
67	and
68	.I \-y
69	options give the horizontal and vertical map dimensions, respectively.
70	If provided, then an input resolution string will not be expected.
71	.PP
72	The default input format is ASCII (user-readable) real triplets,
73	corresponding to the
74	.I \-fa
75	option.
76	The
77	.I \-ff
78	option tells
79	.I rcode_norm
80	to expect three binary, 32-bit floating-point values per
81	normal on its input, instead.
82	The
83	.I \-fd
84	option tells it to expect 64-bit/component vectors.
85	.PP
86	The second form applies the
87	.I \-r
88	option to perform a reverse conversion, decoding 32-bit normal directions
89	on the input and producing one of the above formats on output.
90	The
91	.I \-h
92	and
93	.I \-H
94	options have the same behavior as before.
95	.PP
96	When decoding, the
97	.I \-i
98	option tells
99	.I rcode_norm
100	to produce one depth or world point
101	for each integer input pair specifying
102	the horizontal and vertical coordinates of a particular pixel,
103	where x is measured from 0 on the left and y from 0 at the bottom
104	in the standard orientation.
105	Note that
106	.I \-i
107	implies that an encoded normal file is explicitly given on the command
108	line, since the pixel coordinates are read from the standard input.
109	Also, the
110	.I \-H
111	option is not supported with
112	.I \-i,
113	since the map dimensions are required on the
114	input and not copied to the output.
115	If the
116	.I \-u
117	option is also given, output will be flushed after each normal.
118	.SH EXAMPLES
119	To store float surface normals out of rtrace:
120	.IP "" .2i
121	rtrace -ff < rays.flt -x 512 -y 400 -oN octree \| rcode_norm -ff > norms.nrm
122	.PP
123	To query specific normals using ximage with the 't' command:
124	.IP "" .2i
125	ximage -op render.hdr \| rcode_norm -i -r norms.nrm
126	.SH AUTHOR
127	Greg Ward
128	.SH "SEE ALSO"
129	rcalc(1), rcode_depth(1), rcode_ident(1), rcode2bmp(1),
130	rcrop(1), rlam(1), rsplit(1), rtpict(1)