--- ray/doc/man/man1/rvu.1 2004/01/01 19:31:45 1.1 +++ ray/doc/man/man1/rvu.1 2013/10/19 18:40:26 1.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" RCSid "$Id: rvu.1,v 1.1 2004/01/01 19:31:45 greg Exp $" +.\" RCSid "$Id: rvu.1,v 1.8 2013/10/19 18:40:26 greg Exp $" .TH RVU 1 1/1/04 RADIANCE .SH NAME rvu - generate RADIANCE images interactively @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ rvu - generate RADIANCE images interactively [ .B "rpict options" ][ +.B "\-n nproc" +][ .B "\-o dev" ][ .B \-b @@ -60,6 +62,11 @@ option improves the display on greyscale monitors, and .I \-pe may be used to set an initial exposure value. .PP +The +.I \-n +option may be used to specify multiple processes, +to accelerate rendering. +.PP In the second form, the default values for the options are printed with a brief explanation. In the third form, the list of supported output devices @@ -147,6 +154,19 @@ is absent, or an '@' is followed by nothing, then the cursor is used to pick a specific image location for normalization. .TP +.BI focus " [distance]" +Set focus distance for depth-of-field sampling. +If a distance in world coordinates is absent, then the cursor +is used to choose a point in the scene on which to focus. +(The focus distance setting does not affect rendering in +.I rvu, +but can be used in +.I rpict +with the +.I \-pd +option to simulate depth-of-field on views saved from +.I rvu.) +.TP .BI frame " [ xmin ymin xmax ymax ]" Set frame for refinement. If coordinates are absent, the cursor is used to @@ -206,15 +226,28 @@ A negative magnification factor decreases the object s The default factor is one. Care must be taken to avoid moving behind or inside other objects. .TP -.BR new -Restart the image. +.BI new " [ nproc ]" +Restart the image, using the specified number of rendering processes. Usually used after the "set" command. .TP +.BI origin " [ xo yo zo [ xd yd zd ] ]" +Change view origin to the indicated world position +.I "xo yo zo" +looking in the direction +.I "xd yd zd." +If the direction is missing, the current view direction is used. +If the origin is missing, the cursor is used to select the +view origin, and the direction will be determined by the +(reoriented) surface normal. +The view type and size will not be altered, but the up vector +may be changed if the new direction coincides. +.TP .BI pivot " angle [ elev [ mag [ x y z ] ] ]" Similar to the "move" command, but pivots the view about a selected point. The .I angle -is measured in degrees around the view up vector using the right hand rule. +is measured in degrees around the view up vector using the right hand rule, +so a positive value pivots the viewer to the right of the selected point. The optional .I elev is the elevation in degrees from the pivot point; positive raises the view point @@ -233,7 +266,9 @@ color table selection. .BI rotate " angle [ elev [ mag ] ]" Rotate the camera horizontally by .I angle -degrees. +degrees using the right-hand rule. +A positive value rotates the view towards the left, and a negative value +looks to the right. If an elevation is specified, the camera looks upward .I elev degrees. @@ -261,6 +296,7 @@ ambient divisions (ad), ambient radius (ar), ambient samples (as), black&white (b), +back face visibility (bv), direct jitter (dj), direct sampling (ds), direct threshold (dt), @@ -274,9 +310,9 @@ medium eccentricity (mg), medium sampling (ms), pixel sample (ps), pixel threshold (pt), -back face visibility (bv), -specular jitter (sj), and -specular threshold (st). +specular jitter (sj), +specular threshold (st), and +uncorrelated sampling (u). Once a variable has been changed, the "new" command can be used to recompute the image with the new parameters. If a program variable is not available here, it may show up under @@ -323,6 +359,7 @@ Stop the program. The screen will be redrawn when the program resumes. .SH ENVIRONMENT RAYPATH the directories to check for auxiliary files. +.br DISPLAY_GAMMA the value to use for monitor gamma correction. .SH AUTHOR Greg Ward