--- ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes 2024/08/02 18:47:25 1.454 +++ ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes 2024/09/11 18:56:11 1.458 @@ -2706,3 +2706,15 @@ descriptions. Taoning added gensdaymtx utility based on gendaymtx, and added epw2wea -a option to include required information. + +Fixed bug introduced in Auguest 2022 (5.4 release) in distant +light source sampling, which caused aiming failures. (Thanks +to Mike DiPompeo of LightStanza for reporting the issue.) + +Added rxpict rendering tool based on C++ RpictSimulManager class. +Multi-processing and spectral output are supported. + +Added crude ability to read and convert spectra to RGB in ximage, +ra_bmp, and ra_rgbe programs. Also updated fast tone-mapping +library to handle spectral HSR inputs at the same time. HSR +input handling was added in a similar fashion to pcond and pvalue.