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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"
# Line 62 | Line 62 | in the specified directory:
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).
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100   .I "irradiance.hdr"
101   and some other output types become irrelevant (i.e., 'r', 'x', 'R', and 'X').
102   If one or more of the associated output files already exists in the
103 < destination directory, it will be overwritten with the new data.
103 > destination directory, an error will be printed and the command will abort.
104   .SH EXAMPLES
105   To render a scene with four processes:
106   .IP "" .2i
# 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 + for multiprocessing
116 + when irradiance caching is employed with a shared ambient file.
117 + If
118 + .I rtpict
119 + is used with
120 + .I \-n
121 + greater than 1, it tries to compute neighboring parts
122 + of the same scanline in different processes, which can
123 + result in many redundant calculations and cache entries.
124 + .I Rtpict
125 + will automatically run a randomly-ordered overture calculation
126 + to mitigate this problem, but it is not a perfect solution.
127 + .I Rpiece
128 + avoids redundant cache calculations by working on separate tiles in each
129 + process, which brings other benefits as well, such as enabling the
130 + .I \-ps
131 + option for image plane sampling.
132   .SH AUTHOR
133   Greg Ward
134   .SH "SEE ALSO"
135   getinfo(1), mkpmap(1), oconv(1), pfilt(1),
136   pvalue(1), rad(1), rcode_depth(1), rcode_normal(1), rcode_ident(1),
137 < rpiece(1), rpict(1), rsplit(1), rtrace(1), rvu(1), vwrays(1),
137 > rcrop(1), rpiece(1), rpict(1), rsplit(1), rtrace(1), rvu(1), vwrays(1)

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