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# Line 101 | Line 101 | The
101   option tells
102   .I rcontrib
103   how many rays to accumulate for each record.
104 < The default value is 1, meaning a full record will be produced for
104 > The default value is one, meaning a full record will be produced for
105   each input ray.
106 < For values greater than 1, contributions will be averaged together
106 > For values greater than one, contributions will be averaged together
107   over the given number of input rays.
108   If set to zero, only a single record will be produced at the very
109   end, corresponding to the sum of all rays given on the input
# Line 113 | Line 113 | This is equivalent to passing all the output records t
113   to sum RGB values together, but is much more efficient.
114   Using this option, it is possible to reverse sampling, sending rays from
115   a parallel source such as the sun to a diffuse surface, for example.
116 < Note that output flushing via zero-direction rays is disabled
117 < for accumulated evaluations.
116 > Note that output flushing via zero-direction rays is disabled with
117 > .I \-c
118 > set to zero.
119   .PP
120   The output of
121   .I rcontrib
# Line 158 | Line 159 | this will be applied to a "%d" format in the output fi
159   specification if present.
160   The actual bin number is computed at run time based on ray direction
161   and surface intersection, as described below.
162 < If the number of bins is known in advance, it should be specified with the
162 > The number of bins must be specified in advance with the
163   .I \-bn
164   option, and this is critical for output files containing multiple values
165   per record.
# Line 168 | Line 169 | it has been defined via a previous
169   or
170   .I \-e
171   option.
172 < Since bin numbers start from 0, the bin count is always equal to
173 < the last bin plus 1.
174 < Set the this value to 0 if the bin count is unknown (the default).
172 > Since bin numbers start from zero, the bin count is always equal to
173 > the last bin plus one.
174 > Set the this value to zero if the bin count is unknown (the default).
175   The most recent
176   .I \-b,
177   .I \-bn
# Line 185 | Line 186 | and
186   .I \-y
187   if the
188   .I \-c
189 < is 0, when they control the resolution string
189 > is zero, when they control the resolution string
190   produced in the corresponding output.
191   .PP
192   If a
# Line 286 | Line 287 | pcomb \-c 100 90 75 c_light1.hdr \-c 50 55 57 c_light2
287   .PP
288   To compute an array of illuminance contributions according to a Tregenza sky:
289   .IP "" .2i
290 < rcontrib \-I+ \-b tbin \-o sky.dat \-m skyglow \-b 0 \-o ground.dat \-m groundglow
291 < @render.opt \-f tregenza.cal scene.oct < test.dat
290 > rcontrib \-I+ \-f tregenza.cal \-b tbin \-bn Ntbins \-o sky.dat \-m skyglow
291 > \-b 0 \-o ground.dat \-m groundglow @render.opt scene.oct < test.dat
292   .SH ENVIRONMENT
293   RAYPATH         path to search for \-f and \-M files
294   .SH AUTHOR

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