.\" RCSid "$Id: rtpict.1,v 1.2 2018/03/20 18:03:52 greg Exp $"
.TH RTPICT 1 3/19/2018 RADIANCE
.SH NAME
rtpict - generate a RADIANCE picture using rtrace
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rtpict
.B "-n nproc"
[
.B "rpict options"
]
[
.B @file
]
.B octree
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Rtpict
is a script that generates a picture from the RADIANCE scene given in
.I octree
and sends it to the standard output, or to a file specified with the
.I \-o
option.
Most options and defaults are the same as
.I rpict(1),
although a few switches are silently ignored.
Options incompatible with multi-processing can generate an error.
.PP
The
.I rtrace(1)
tool is called with
.I vwrays(1)
to perform the actual work.
This enables the
.I \-n
option for multiprocessing on platforms that support it.
If the
.I \-n
option is not specified or is set to 1, then
.I rpict
is called directly.
There is no benefit in setting the number of processes to anything
greater than the number of virtual cores available on your machine.
Also, it is very important to set the
.I \-af
option if an irradiance cache is being generated;
otherwise, your speed-up will be far from linear.
.SH EXAMPLE
To render a scene with four processes:
.IP "" .2i
rtpict -n 4 -vf mypers.vf -ab 1 -af scene.amb scene.oct > scene_pers.hdr
.SH AUTHOR
Greg Ward
.SH "SEE ALSO"
getinfo(1), lookamb(1), mkpmap(1), oconv(1), pdfblur(1), pfilt(1), 
pinterp(1), pmblur(1), printf(3), ra_rgbe(1), rad(1), rpiece(1),
rpict(1), rtrace(1), rvu(1) vwrays(1),