--- ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes 2025/06/19 22:36:53 1.492 +++ ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes 2025/06/27 19:38:13 1.493 @@ -2672,9 +2672,11 @@ put out as many color channels as specified in any -cs Added ability of mgf2rad to convert spectral data at least for light, glow, plastic, and metal primitive types. Need -to use new '-s' option to get new output. +to use new '-s' option to get new output. Added support for +new WGMDfunc type as well, which is considerably more flexible +at supporting different spectral components. -Added handling of spectral images to rcode2bmp script. +Added handling of spectral pictures (HSR) to rcode2bmp script. Minor change to rcollate to allow explicit byte records to be any specified length without checks against header input. @@ -2718,7 +2720,7 @@ Wrote rxpiece tool that will render pictures using til can handle different output formats and hyperspectral pictures. 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. +C++ class, but later added to standard Rmakefile targets. Fixed a bug in BSDF sampling of sources pointed out by David Geisler-Moroder, which tended to overestimate specular @@ -2740,7 +2742,7 @@ 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, +color when targeting 16-bit/comp., LogLuv, and float output, and the approximate method for 24-bit RGB. Taoning added genssky -L option to specify global and diffuse @@ -2825,6 +2827,7 @@ Fixed problem with "mirror" primitive, which was not p indirect rays to transmit through alternate material type. Thanks to Jon Sargent for finding problem and help resolving it. -Added experimental C++ based rxpiece tool to default installation. +Added experimental C++ based rxpiece tool to default installation +in makeall/Rmakefile. Added rcomb -mt option to transpose concatenation matrix.