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1 .\" RCSid "$Id: rmtxop.1,v 1.1 2014/05/31 21:33:21 greg Exp $"
2 .TH RMTXOP 1 7/8/97 RADIANCE
3 .SH NAME
4 rmtxop - concatenate, add, transpose, scale, and convert matrices
5 .SH SYNOPSIS
6 .B rmtxop
7 [
8 .B \-v
9 ][
10 .B \-f[afd]
11 ][
12 .B \-t
13 ][
14 .B "\-s sf .."
15 ][
16 .B "\-c ce .."
17 ]
18 .B m1
19 [
20 .B +
21 ]
22 .B ".."
23 .SH DESCRIPTION
24 .I Rmtxop
25 loads and concatenates (multiplies) or adds together component matrix files
26 given on the command line.
27 Each file must have a header containing the following variables:
28 .sp
29 .nf
30 NROWS={number of rows}
31 NCOLS={number of columns}
32 NCOMP={number of components}
33 FORMAT={ascii|float|double|32-bit_rle_rgbe|32-bit_rle_xyze}
34 .sp
35 .fi
36 The number of components indicates that each matrix element is actually
37 composed of multiple elements, most commonly an RGB triple.
38 This is essentially dividing the matrix into planes, where each component
39 participates in a separate calculation.
40 If an appropriate header is not present, it may be added with a call to
41 .I rcollate(1).
42 A matrix may be read from the standard input using a hyphen by itself ('-')
43 in the appropriate place on the command line.
44 .PP
45 Two special cases are handled for component matrices that are either
46 XML files containing BTDF data, or Radiance picture files.
47 In the first case, a BSDF library is used to load and interpret the
48 transmission matrix.
49 (XML files cannot be read from the standard input.)\0
50 In the second case, the RGBE or XYZE values are loaded in a 3-component
51 matrix where the number of columns match the X-dimension of the picture, and
52 the number of rows match the Y-dimension.
53 The picture must be in standard pixel ordering, and the first row
54 as at the top with the first column on the left.
55 .PP
56 Before each file, the
57 .I \-t
58 and
59 .I \-s
60 or
61 .I \-c
62 options may be used to modify the matrix.
63 The
64 .I \-t
65 option transposes the matrix, swapping rows and columns.
66 The
67 .I \-s
68 option applies the given scalar factor(s) to the elements of the matrix.
69 If only one factor is provided,
70 it will be used for all components.
71 If multiple factors are given, their number must match the number of matrix
72 components.
73 Alternatively, the
74 .I \-c
75 option may be used to "transform" the element values, possibly changing
76 the number of components in the matrix.
77 For example, a 3-component matrix can be transformed into a single-component
78 matrix by using
79 .I \-c
80 with three coefficients.
81 A four-component matrix can be turned into a two-component matrix using 8
82 coefficients, where the first four coefficients will be used to compute
83 the first new component, and the second four coefficients
84 yield the second new component.
85 Note that the number of coefficients must be an even multiple of the number
86 of original components.
87 The
88 .I \-s
89 and
90 .I \-c
91 options are mutually exclusive, insofar as they cannot be applied together
92 to the same input matrix.
93 .PP
94 If present, the second and subsequent matrices on the command
95 line are concatenated to the result unless separated by a plus ('+') symbol,
96 in which case the elements are added together.
97 The number of components in the new matrix after applying any
98 .I -c
99 transform must agree with the prior result.
100 For concatenation (matrix multiplication), the number of columns
101 in the prior result must equal the number of rows in the new matrix, and
102 the result will have the number of rows of the previous and the number
103 of columns of the new matrix.
104 In the case of addition, the number of rows and columns of the prior
105 result and the new matrix must match, and will not be changed by the
106 operation.
107 .PP
108 Results are sent to the standard output.
109 By default, the values will be written in ASCII format, but the
110 .I \-f
111 option may be used to output components
112 as binary doubles (-fd), floats (-ff), or RGBE colors (-fc).
113 In the latter case, the actual matrix dimensions are written in the resolution
114 string rather than the header.
115 Also, matrix results written as Radiance pictures must have either one
116 or three components.
117 In the one-component case, the output is written as grayscale.
118 .PP
119 The
120 .I \-v
121 option turns on verbose reporting, which announces each operation.
122 .SH EXAMPLES
123 To concatenate two matrix files with a BTDF between them and write
124 the result as binary double:
125 .IP "" .2i
126 rmtxop -fd view.vmx blinds.xml exterior.dmx > dcoef.dmx
127 .PP
128 To convert a BTDF matrix into a Radiance picture:
129 .IP "" .2i
130 rmtxop -fc blinds.xml > blinds.hdr
131 .PP
132 To scale a matrix by 4 and add it to the transpose of another matrix:
133 .IP "" .2i
134 rmtxop -s 4 left.mtx + -t right.mtx > result.mtx
135 .PP
136 To send the elements of a binary matrix to
137 .I rcalc(1)
138 for further processing:
139 .IP "" .2i
140 rmtxop -fa orig.mtx | rcollate -ho -oc 1 | rcalc [opertions]
141 .SH AUTHOR
142 Greg Ward
143 .SH "SEE ALSO"
144 cnt(1), histo(1), neaten(1), rcalc(1), rcollate(1),
145 rcontrib(1), rfluxmtx(1), rlam(1), tabfunc(1), total(1)