--- ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes 2024/10/04 18:49:06 1.465 +++ ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes 2025/02/04 19:11:49 1.476 @@ -2714,14 +2714,9 @@ 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 +Only runs on a single machine, however -- no NFS locking on shared volumes. Mainly a demonstration tool for RpictSimulManager C++ class, but may have its uses. @@ -2729,19 +2724,43 @@ 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. -Added hyperspectral picture conversion to ra_tiff, with accurate -color when targeting 16-bit/comp. or LogLuv output, and approximate -method for 24-bit RGB. +Created C++ class for rcontrib and example tool rxcontrib, which +is an optional compile in the src/rt directory. The output +model is more general in some respects and the operations more +efficient, but standard output is not supported, nor is ASCII +results data. + +Added strnstr.c compatibility module in ray/src/common, since +it isn't present on Linux derivatives. + +Added WGMDfunc material type with programmable roughness and +separate modifier paths for the different components. + +Added gensurf -i option at the request of Peter Apian-Bennewitz +to reverse surface normals, mostly for data input, when it is +a bit more difficult to adjust. + +Added rad -N option to rholo call for multiprocessing when +mkillum and/or mkpmap are involved in octree prep.