--- ray/doc/ray.1 2006/05/10 19:50:30 1.9 +++ ray/doc/ray.1 2007/08/23 04:13:50 1.13 @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ .\" RCSid "$Id" .\" Print using the -ms macro package -.DA 1/20/99 +.DA 10/17/2006 .LP -.tl """Copyright \(co 2003 Regents, University of California +.tl """Copyright \(co 2006 Regents, University of California .sp 2 .TL The @@ -1109,10 +1109,6 @@ which serves as a form of opacity control when used wi Vname is the coefficient defined in funcfile that determines the influence of foreground. The background coefficient is always (1-vname). -Since the references are not resolved until runtime, the last -definitions of the modifier id's will be used. -This can result in modifier loops, which are detected by the -renderer. .LP .UL Mixdata .PP @@ -1239,8 +1235,7 @@ If no file is needed by a given primitive because all variables are global, a period (`.') can be given in place of the file name. It is also possible to give an expression instead of a straight -variable name in a scene file, although such expressions should -be kept simple if possible. +variable name in a scene file. Also, functions (requiring parameters) must be given as names and not as expressions. .PP @@ -1495,6 +1490,11 @@ the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL Uni in Lausanne, Switzerland. .NH 1 References +.LP +Cater, K., A. Chalmers, G. Ward, +``Detail to Attention: Exploiting Visual Tasks for Selective Rendering,'' +.I "Eurograhics Symposium on Rendering", +June 2003. .LP Ward, G., Elena Eydelberg-Vileshin, ``Picture Perfect RGB Rendering Using Spectral Prefiltering and