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1 greg 1.2 .\" RCSid "$Id: rtpict.1,v 1.1 2018/03/20 02:40:38 greg Exp $"
2 greg 1.1 .TH RTPICT 1 3/19/2018 RADIANCE
3     .SH NAME
4     rtpict - generate a RADIANCE picture using rtrace
5     .SH SYNOPSIS
6     .B rtpict
7 greg 1.2 .B "-n nproc"
8 greg 1.1 [
9     .B "rpict options"
10     ]
11     [
12     .B @file
13     ]
14     .B octree
15     .SH DESCRIPTION
16     .I Rtpict
17     is a script that generates a picture from the RADIANCE scene given in
18     .I octree
19     and sends it to the standard output, or to a file specified with the
20     .I \-o
21     option.
22     Most options and defaults are the same as
23     .I rpict(1),
24     although a few switches are silently ignored.
25     Options incompatible with multi-processing can generate an error.
26     .PP
27     The
28     .I rtrace(1)
29     tool is called with
30     .I vwrays(1)
31     to perform the actual work.
32     This enables the
33     .I \-n
34     option for multiprocessing on platforms that support it.
35     If the
36     .I \-n
37     option is not specified or is set to 1, then
38     .I rpict
39     is called directly.
40     There is no benefit in setting the number of processes to anything
41     greater than the number of virtual cores available on your machine.
42     Also, it is very important to set the
43     .I \-af
44     option if an irradiance cache is being generated;
45     otherwise, your speed-up will be far from linear.
46     .SH EXAMPLE
47     To render a scene with four processes:
48     .IP "" .2i
49     rtpict -n 4 -vf mypers.vf -ab 1 -af scene.amb scene.oct > scene_pers.hdr
50     .SH AUTHOR
51     Greg Ward
52     .SH "SEE ALSO"
53     getinfo(1), lookamb(1), mkpmap(1), oconv(1), pdfblur(1), pfilt(1),
54     pinterp(1), pmblur(1), printf(3), ra_rgbe(1), rad(1), rpiece(1),
55     rpict(1), rtrace(1), rvu(1) vwrays(1),