--- ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes 2005/02/07 17:08:16 1.65 +++ ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes 2005/04/14 18:04:12 1.70 @@ -1402,3 +1402,23 @@ Added setting of focus distance in rvu ("focus" comman Changed default remote shell in ranimate to "ssh" rather than "rsh", which has been abandoned on most Unix systems due to security issues. + +Fixed behavior of source primitive using illum with no alternate +material. These now become transparent so one can see the sky or +light-probe background for use in image-based lighting. Previously, +the user needed to specify the background glow as the alternate +material for a distant illum source to behave properly. (This still +works.) + +Fixed some minor problems and inconsistencies with 16-bit/channel +TIFF i/o in ra_tiff. + +Created mksource program to generate distant sources for improved +image-based lighting with light probes. + +Changed ambient calculation so that -ad will not limit recursion +depth, and a minimum of 27 samples will be sent out for each stored +ambient value, or 3 samples if -aa is 0 (caching off). + +Added -oM option to rtrace to report material (rather than modifier) +for cases where actual material is aliased or further up modifier chain.