--- ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes	2005/01/07 20:33:01	1.61
+++ ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes	2005/04/13 23:00:58	1.69
@@ -1388,3 +1388,34 @@ to Christoph Reinhart for pointing out the error.
 
 Made internal change to tone-mapping library to use structure pointer
 rather than stack, making code re-entrant and more up to modern standards.
+
+Added -pd option to handle depth-of-field blur in rpict.  This requires
+that the view directon (-vd option) include focal distance information,
+which is now preserved by the various view file routines, and reported
+by the vwright command.
+
+Added DBLUR variable to ranimate and pmdblur script to handle simultaneous
+motion and depth-of-field blurring.  Thanks to Visarc for funding this work.
+
+Added setting of focus distance in rvu ("focus" command) and rholo
+('f'/"frame" command).
+
+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).