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1   .\" RCSid "$Id$"
2   .TH RTPICT 1 3/19/2018 RADIANCE
3   .SH NAME
4 < rtpict - generate a RADIANCE picture or layerd image using rtrace
4 > rtpict - generate a RADIANCE picture or layered image using rtrace
5   .SH SYNOPSIS
6   .B rtpict
7   .B "-n nproc"
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62   .sp
63   .nf
64   v       radiance.hdr
65 < r       mirrored.hdr
66 < x       unmirrored.hdr
67 < l       effective.dpt
68 < L       firstsurface.dpt
69 < R       mirrored.dpt
70 < X       unmirrored.dpt
65 > r       r_refl.hdr
66 > x       r_unrefl.hdr
67 > l       d_effective.dpt
68 > L       d_firstsurf.dpt
69 > R       d_refl.dpt
70 > X       d_unrefl.dpt
71   n       perturbed.nrm
72   N       unperturbed.nrm
73   s       surface.idx
# Line 84 | Line 84 | converted to a 16-bit representation by
84   .I rcode_depth(1),
85   and the
86   .I \-d
87 < option should be used to assign the reference (median) depth and units.
87 > option should be used to assign the reference (median) depth and world
88 > units, which applies to the overall scene.
89   Surface normals (from the 'n' and 'N' types) will be converted
90   to a 32-bit representation by
91   .I rcode_normal(1).
# Line 108 | Line 109 | rtpict -n 4 -vf mypers.vf -ab 1 -af scene.amb scene.oc
109   To render radiance, first surface distance, and normals in a layered image:
110   .IP "" .2i
111   rtpict -n 8 -vf fish.vf @render.opt -ovLn fisholay scene.oct
112 + .SH NOTES
113 + Users should seriously consider using
114 + .I rpiece(1)
115 + when irradiance caching is employed with a shared ambient file.
116 + If
117 + .I rtpict
118 + is used in multiprocessing mode with a shared irradiance cache,
119 + it is trying to compute almost
120 + the same part of the same scanline in different processes, which
121 + results in many redundant calculations.
122 + The
123 + .I rpiece
124 + program avoids this by working on separate tiles in each
125 + process, with less overlap in the indirect irradiance calculation.
126 + Either program will benefit from an "overture" run of a
127 + single-process rpict to create the ambient file using a low-resolution
128 + rendering that is discarded, but this will not completely solve the
129 + problem for
130 + .I rtpict.
131   .SH AUTHOR
132   Greg Ward
133   .SH "SEE ALSO"

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