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# Line 30 | Line 30 | Input for each ray is:
30   If the direction vector is (0,0,0), a bogus record
31   is printed and the output is flushed if the
32   .I -x
33 < value is unset or zero.
33 > value is one or zero.
34   (See the notes on this option below.)\0
35   This may be useful for programs that run
36   .I rtrace
# Line 87 | Line 87 | d      direction (normalized)
87   .IP
88   v       value (radiance)
89   .IP
90 + V       contribution (radiance)
91 + .IP
92   w       weight
93   .IP
94   W       color coefficient
# Line 178 | Line 180 | option (below) may be used to override this.
180   This option is especially useful in
181   conjunction with ximage(1) for computing illuminance at scene points.
182   .TP
183 + .BR \-u
184 + Boolean switch to control uncorrelated random sampling.
185 + When "off", a low-discrepancy sequence is used, which reduces
186 + variance but can result in a brushed appearance in specular highlights.
187 + When "on", pure Monte Carlo sampling is used in all calculations.
188 + .TP
189   .BR \-I
190   Boolean switch to compute irradiance rather than radiance,
191   with the input origin and direction interpreted instead
# Line 191 | Line 199 | Set the x resolution to
199   .I res.
200   The output will be flushed after every
201   .I res
202 < input rays.
202 > input rays if
203 > .I \-y
204 > is set to zero.
205 > A value of one means that every ray will be flushed, whatever
206 > the setting of
207 > .I \-y.
208   A value of zero means that no output flushing will take place.
209   .TP
210   .BI -y \ res
# Line 222 | Line 235 | format.
235   .I \-f
236   option, above.)
237   .TP
238 + .BI -n \ nproc
239 + Execute in parallel on
240 + .I nproc
241 + local processes.
242 + This option is incompatible with the
243 + .I \-P
244 + and
245 + .I \-PP,
246 + options.
247 + Multiple processes also do not work properly with ray tree output
248 + using any of the
249 + .I \-o*t*
250 + options.
251 + There is no benefit from specifying more processes than there are
252 + cores available on the system or the
253 + .I \-x
254 + setting, which forces a wait at each flush.
255 + .TP
256   .BI -dj \ frac
257   Set the direct jittering to
258   .I frac.
# Line 304 | Line 335 | may also be desirable in conjunction with the
335   .I \-i
336   option.
337   .TP
338 < .BI -sj \ frac
339 < Set the specular sampling jitter to
340 < .I frac.
341 < This is the degree to which the highlights are sampled
342 < for rough specular materials.
343 < A value of one means that all highlights will be fully sampled
344 < using distributed ray tracing.
338 > .BI -ss \ samp
339 > Set the specular sampling to
340 > .I samp.
341 > For values less than 1, this is the degree to which the highlights
342 > are sampled for rough specular materials.
343 > A value greater than one causes multiple ray samples to be sent
344 > to reduce noise at a commmesurate cost.
345   A value of zero means that no jittering will take place, and all
346   reflections will appear sharp even when they should be diffuse.
347   .TP
# Line 517 | Line 548 | source within a given scattering volume.
548   .TP
549   .BI -lr \ N
550   Limit reflections to a maximum of
551 < .I N.
551 > .I N,
552 > if N is a positive integer.
553   If
554   .I N
555   is zero or negative, then Russian roulette is used for ray
# Line 525 | Line 557 | termination, and the
557   .I -lw
558   setting (below) must be positive.
559   If N is a negative integer, then this sets the upper limit
560 < of reflections past which Russian roulette will not be used.
560 > of reflections past which Russian roulette will be used.
561   In scenes with dielectrics and total internal reflection,
562   a setting of 0 (no limit) may cause a stack overflow.
563   .TP
# Line 604 | Line 636 | system call will share memory on a copy-on-write basis
636   .SH EXAMPLES
637   To compute radiance values for the rays listed in samples.inp:
638   .IP "" .2i
639 < rtrace -ov scene.oct < samples.inp > radiance.out
639 > rtrace \-ov scene.oct < samples.inp > radiance.out
640   .PP
641   To compute illuminance values at locations selected with the 't'
642   command of
643   .I ximage(1):
644   .IP "" .2i
645 < ximage scene.pic | rtrace -h -x 1 -i scene.oct | rcalc -e '$1=47.4*$1+120*$2+11.6*$3'
645 > ximage scene.hdr | rtrace \-h \-x 1 \-i scene.oct | rcalc \-e '$1=47.4*$1+120*$2+11.6*$3'
646   .PP
647   To record the object identifier corresponding to each pixel in an image:
648   .IP "" .2i
649 < vwrays -fd scene.pic | rtrace -fda `vwrays -d scene.pic` -os scene.oct
649 > vwrays \-fd scene.hdr | rtrace \-fda `vwrays \-d scene.hdr` \-os scene.oct
650   .PP
651   To compute an image with an unusual view mapping:
652   .IP "" .2i
653 < cnt 640 480 | rcalc -e 'xr:640;yr:480' -f unusual_view.cal | rtrace
654 < -x 640 -y 480 -fac scene.oct > unusual.pic
653 > cnt 480 640 | rcalc \-e 'xr:640;yr:480' \-f unusual_view.cal | rtrace
654 > \-x 640 \-y 480 \-fac scene.oct > unusual.hdr
655   .SH ENVIRONMENT
656   RAYPATH         the directories to check for auxiliary files.
657   .SH FILES
# Line 638 | Line 670 | option.
670   Greg Ward
671   .SH "SEE ALSO"
672   getinfo(1), lookamb(1), oconv(1), pfilt(1), pinterp(1),
673 < pvalue(1), rpict(1), rtcontrib(1), rvu(1), vwrays(1), ximage(1)
673 > pvalue(1), rpict(1), rcontrib(1), rvu(1), vwrays(1), ximage(1)

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