--- ray/doc/man/man1/rpict.1 2005/05/31 18:01:08 1.8 +++ ray/doc/man/man1/rpict.1 2007/09/04 17:36:41 1.11 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" RCSid "$Id: rpict.1,v 1.8 2005/05/31 18:01:08 greg Exp $" +.\" RCSid "$Id: rpict.1,v 1.11 2007/09/04 17:36:41 greg Exp $" .TH RPICT 1 2/26/99 RADIANCE .SH NAME rpict - generate a RADIANCE picture @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ This is option is useful for generating skewed perspec rendering an image a piece at a time. A value of 1 means that the rendered image starts just to the right of the normal view. -A value of -1 would be to the left. +A value of \-1 would be to the left. Larger or fractional values are permitted as well. .TP .BI -vl \ val @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ A warning about aiming failure will issued if .I frac is too large. It is usually wise to turn off image sampling when using -direct jitter by setting -ps to 1. +direct jitter by setting \-ps to 1. .TP .BI -ds \ frac Set the direct sampling ratio to @@ -555,6 +555,12 @@ though the .I \-dv option (above) may be used to override this. .TP +.BR \-u +Boolean switch to control uncorrelated random sampling. +When "off", a low-discrepancy sequence is used, which reduces +variance but can result in a brushed appearance in specular highlights. +When "on", pure Monte Carlo sampling is used in all calculations. +.TP .BI -lr \ N Limit reflections to a maximum of .I N. @@ -768,7 +774,7 @@ Set the time between progress reports to A progress report writes the number of rays traced, the percentage completed, and the CPU usage to the standard error. Reports are given either automatically after the specified interval, -or when the process receives a continue (-CONT) signal (see +or when the process receives a continue (\-CONT) signal (see .I kill(1)). A value of zero turns automatic reporting off. .TP @@ -782,9 +788,9 @@ Boolean switch for warning messages. The default is to print warnings, so the first appearance of this option turns them off. .SH EXAMPLE -rpict -vp 10 5 3 -vd 1 -.5 0 scene.oct > scene.pic +rpict \-vp 10 5 3 \-vd 1 \-.5 0 scene.oct > scene.pic .PP -rpict -S 1 -o frame%02d.pic scene.oct < keyframes.vf +rpict \-S 1 \-o frame%02d.pic scene.oct < keyframes.vf .SH ENVIRONMENT RAYPATH the directories to check for auxiliary files. .SH FILES