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Revision 1.392 by greg, Fri Apr 9 01:48:20 2021 UTC vs.
Revision 1.402 by greg, Fri Mar 4 01:28:51 2022 UTC

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2436   Increased default dynamic range from 32 to 100 in pcond and normtiff.
2437  
2438   Added -o and -n options to genbox to create .OBJ output and segment
2439 < edges and corners for transparent materials.
2439 > edges and corners for transparent materials.  Also added -s option
2440 > to control smoothing for .OBJ and Radiance with segmented rounding.
2441 >
2442 > Made it so robjutil with the +r option for Radiance output now
2443 > produces normal smoothing unless normals are removed with -n.
2444 >
2445 > Added exposure preservation to pcompos when possible (i.e., when
2446 > there is only one input or inputs agree on exposure).
2447 >
2448 > Added -DSHARP_RGB compile-time option to use sharp RGB color space
2449 > rather than historic default.  This can make for more accurate color
2450 > calculations, but requires that materials be recalibrated.  The
2451 > PRIMARIES= line is also produced on output from rpict or rvu with
2452 > the correct set of primaries based on how the system was compiled.
2453 >
2454 > Added automatic flushing to the output of total, except when the -r
2455 > (running subtotals) option is used.
2456 >
2457 > Improved behavior of little-used -aw option, so that it avoids sea-level
2458 > rise caused by adding its own estimate back into the ambient level remainder.
2459 > It ended up being simple enough to derate the final average by the factor
2460 > corresponding to average surface absorpition, thus removing the average
2461 > from the final bounce estimate.
2462 >
2463 > Introduced ies2rad upgrades by Randolph Fritz.  Randolph says it
2464 > fixes the following problems:
2465 >
2466 >        1. Generates correct Radiance geometry for spheres in 1995, 2002,
2467 >        and 2019 IES files.
2468 >
2469 >        2. Generates correct Radiance geometry for vertical cylinders that
2470 >        are taller than they are wide.
2471 >
2472 >        3. Ignores the file source ("File Generation Type") field in the
2473 >        2019 version of the file, which would otherwise be incorrectly used
2474 >        as an output multiplier.
2475 >
2476 >    It also offers the following enhancements:
2477 >
2478 >        1. Shape information is included in the .rad file comments.
2479 >
2480 >        2. 1995, 2002, and 2019-version luminous opening geometry is
2481 >        accounted for.
2482 >
2483 >        3. The 2002 and 2019 IES file versions are recognized and
2484 >        processed appropriately.
2485 >
2486 >        4. I have made an attempt to do something intelligent with less
2487 >        common "luminous opening" shapes in the 1995, 2002, and 2019 versions
2488 >        of the standard, though I have not implemented any support for new
2489 >        geometry; approximations are substituted and warning messages issued.
2490 >        Unfortunately, this code is not tested, since I don't have any IES
2491 >        files that use these shapes.
2492 >
2493 > Added support for depth-of-field blurring in vwrays using -pd option.
2494 > Also, made -c count work with vwrays -i, producing multiple samples
2495 > per indicated pixel position.  At the same time, support for the -pd
2496 > option was added to rtpict, which calls on vwrays for its samples.
2497 >
2498 > Fixed issue with BSDFs that didn't obey reciprocity, where direct
2499 > sampling wasn't following exactly with indirect sampling.  This was
2500 > discovered and reported by Jon Sargent.
2501 >
2502 > Created checkBSDF tool to test XML BSDF reciprocity and perform similar
2503 > sanity checks.
2504 >
2505 > Added -O option to pvalue and pextrem to report watts/sr/m^2 even if
2506 > picture is XYZE.
2507 >
2508 > Made subtle changes to header i/o routines to preserve alignment in
2509 > binary file formats to enable memory-mapping.  Implemented memory-mapped
2510 > matrix loading in rmtxop for binary double files.

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