--- ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes	2003/12/31 01:50:02	1.25
+++ ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes	2004/09/19 08:42:22	1.46
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ Added -N option to rad to start multiple rendering pro
 parallel.
 
 Fixed bug where mesh instances were not being freed, so subsequent calls
-in programs like ranimate would refer to bogus data.
+in programs like ranimove would refer to bogus data.
 
 Added support in normtiff for floating-point and 16-bit/sample TIFF input
 files.
@@ -1180,7 +1180,8 @@ files.
 Changed marksources() routine (src/rt/source.c) to check all
 primitives in the modifier chain for emitting types, not only
 the first.  This permits sources to be described with intervening
-modifiers before the light/illum/glow primitive.
+modifiers before the light/illum/glow primitive and allows aliases
+as well.
 
 Fixed bug in xform where it was neglecting to add transform arguments
 to new mesh primitive.
@@ -1190,9 +1191,9 @@ doubles, respectively.
 
 Changed meta2tga to output correct colors.
 
-****** COMPATIBILITY CHANGE ********
 Changed local coordinate index from 32-bits to 16-bits, which requires
-that Radiance mesh files be recompiled.
+that Radiance mesh files be recompiled.  (Later decided against this
+change, as it caused problems with some models.)
 
 Changed integer tone-mapping routines to better deal with images
 containing large, constant regions.
@@ -1231,3 +1232,85 @@ compile switch, where N is the resolution of the shado
 0 to disable it.  Since this is purely a time vs. memory trade-off,
 I decided not to make it a new command-line option.  (We already
 have plenty.)
+
+****** COMPATIBILITY CHANGE ********
+Changed the following command names to avoid conflicts:
+	rview -> rvu (with symbolic link back to rview)
+	calc -> icalc
+	lam -> rlam
+	gencat -> gencatenary
+
+Improved -f option of normpat, which caused odd color changes before.
+
+Created pgblur script which does fast Gaussian blur of image without changing
+its dimensions.  This is very useful in certain types of image processing
+calculations, such as finding or removing low frequencies.
+
+****** COMPATIBILITY CHANGE ********
+Changed little-used objpict script so that it takes scene files rather than
+rpict options on the command line, and puts everything into the right
+coordinate position automatically rather than requiring the user to do it.
+
+Added -I option to replmarks for mesh instancing.
+
+Made similar change for virtual sources to allow modifiers and aliases
+on the mirror and prism types to work properly.
+
+Rob Guglielmetti dded -lw and -lh options to falsecolor to control the
+legend dimensions.  Made it so -lw 0 and/or -lh 0 turns legend off.
+
+Made it so pcompos will read everything from a stream even if it doesn't
+need it, so input commands will not receive a hangup signal.
+
+Wrote ra_bmp program to convert to and from Windows BMP files (finally).
+It's the most horrible image format I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot.
+
+Increased -aa default value for all renderers (and also -ad and -as in
+rview) at Schorsch's suggestion.  I think this undid my earlier decrease
+of -aa last time, which I guess was ill-considered.
+
+Modified oconv to keep subdividing the octree if there are too many
+objects in a voxel even when the -r resolution limit has been
+reached.  This was not done before due to problems with recursion,
+and still, it will only continue to 256 times the original -r limit.
+If that isn't enough, then there's probably no hope, anyway.
+
+Added -l option to obj2mesh to search for material files in library
+locations.
+
+Increased polygon vertex limit to 512 in obj2mesh and obj2rad and added
+warning if this limit is exceeded.
+
+Added tone-mapping and monitor primary options to ra_bmp.  This gives
+new functionality similar to normtiff and ximage.  It would be nice to
+add this feature to the other ra_* programs as well...  someday.
+
+Fixed long-standing bug in reported pixel ordering out of certain
+protate commands.
+
+Added -p option to rcalc for "passive mode" that transmits
+unrecognized input -- useful for substituting data in the
+middle of a stream.
+
+Fixed a very obscure bug in rpict that caused a dark horizontal
+line in certain cylindrical projections due to improper drawing
+of the sky dome source in rt/srcdraw.c.
+
+Fixed problems with effective ray lenths computed for dielectric
+and BRTDfunc materials.  This was most evident in breakup of holodeck
+views when VDISTANCE=True.
+
+Fixed rad so that 'scene' variable may consist only of inline commands.
+
+Fixed bug introduced in shadow caching routines where sources in the
+middle of spheres were not illuminating properly.  Thanks to Guilio
+Antonutto for spotting this problem.
+
+Modified gensky behavior so if time is given with standard time zone
+designation, any -m option is ignored.
+
+Added -n option to mkillum for (shared memory) parallel processing.
+
+Fixed long-standing bug in parallel processing code that only seemed
+to manifest with the new mkillum -n option, where rtrace would
+deadlock upon termination.