--- ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes 2024/09/10 20:24:42 1.457 +++ ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes 2024/10/07 18:09:29 1.466 @@ -2714,6 +2714,31 @@ to Mike DiPompeo of LightStanza for reporting the issu Added rxpict rendering tool based on C++ RpictSimulManager class. Multi-processing and spectral output are supported. +Wrote rxpiece tool that will render pictures using tiling and +can handle different output formats and hyperspectral pictures. +Only runs on a single machine, however -- now NFS locking on +shared volumes. Mainly a demonstration tool for RpictSimulManager +C++ class, but may have its uses. + +Fixed a bug in BSDF sampling of sources pointed out by +David Geisler-Moroder, which tended to overestimate specular +contributions for some BSDFs. + 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. +ra_bmp, ra_ps, 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 +for convenience. + +Added handling of hyperspectral images to normtiff, a handy program +for quickly tone-mapping Radiance RGBE, XYZE, and now hyperspectral +pictures, as well as IEEE float or LogLuv TIFFs. + +Added handling of hyperspectral pictures to pextrem, though +results are still reported in RGB. + +Added accurate conversion of hyperspectral pictures to ra_xyze. + +Added hyperspectral picture conversion to ra_tiff, with accurate +color when targeting 16-bit/comp., LogLuv, and float utput, +and the approximate method for 24-bit RGB.