--- ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes 2005/10/11 16:54:26 1.107 +++ ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes 2005/12/28 19:42:13 1.113 @@ -1539,3 +1539,21 @@ in recovery of files containing multiple values per re Added rtcontrib -fo option to write over existing files, which it now refuses to do without this option. + +Made rtcontrib flush output when handed a zero-length ray vector, +to match behavior of rtrace. + +Improved color scale for falsecolor output. + +Added threshold test for Fresnel approximation to prevent its use +on smooth surfaces with unrealistically low specularities (less than 1.8%). +Water has a specular reflectance of 2.1% at room temperture. + +Removed NICE macro settings in rpict and rtrace, which was slowing down +the processes under Mac OS X (10.4) by about 60% due to processor napping. + +Made xform, replmarks and rad2mgf handle quoted modifiers and names properly. + +Fixed problem in genblinds, where it was generating slats that were too +wide with the +/-r option. (Thanks to Helena Buelow-Huebe for discovering +this bug.)