--- ray/doc/man/man1/rtrace.1 2005/05/31 18:01:08 1.11 +++ ray/doc/man/man1/rtrace.1 2005/06/13 20:07:55 1.12 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" RCSid "$Id: rtrace.1,v 1.11 2005/05/31 18:01:08 greg Exp $" +.\" RCSid "$Id: rtrace.1,v 1.12 2005/06/13 20:07:55 greg Exp $" .TH RTRACE 1 10/17/97 RADIANCE .SH NAME rtrace - trace rays in RADIANCE scene @@ -177,6 +177,12 @@ though the option (below) may be used to override this. This option is especially useful in conjunction with ximage(1) for computing illuminance at scene points. +.TP +.BR \-R +Boolean switch to control 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 .BR \-I Boolean switch to compute irradiance rather than radiance,