--- ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes 2024/10/04 01:53:45 1.464 +++ ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes 2024/10/09 21:10:54 1.467 @@ -2714,11 +2714,6 @@ 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. -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. - 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 @@ -2729,15 +2724,24 @@ 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, 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 conversion of hyperspectral pictures to ra_xyze, although -it is even slower than rcomb for this process. It is more -accurate than most of the other tools, at least. +Added accurate conversion of hyperspectral pictures to ra_xyze. -Added handling of hyperspectral images to normtiff, a little-used -but handy program for quickly tone-mapping pictures and TIFFs. +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. -Added conversion of hyperspectral pictures to ra_ps using -approximate color method. +Taoning added genssky -L option to specify global and diffuse +illuminance values for output calibration.