--- ray/doc/ray.html 2006/05/10 19:50:30 1.6 +++ ray/doc/ray.html 2010/03/12 18:43:30 1.9 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -The RADIANCE 3.7 Synthetic Imaging System +The RADIANCE 4.0 Synthetic Imaging System @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ The RADIANCE 3.7 Synthetic Imaging System

-The RADIANCE 3.7 Synthetic Imaging System +The RADIANCE 4.0 Synthetic Imaging System

@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ a perfectly scattering medium (no absorption). The scattering eccentricity parameter will likewise override the global setting if it is present. Scattering eccentricity indicates how much scattered light favors the -forward direction, as fit by the Heyney-Greenstein function: +forward direction, as fit by the Henyey-Greenstein function:

 	P(theta) = (1 - g*g) / (1 + g*g - 2*g*cos(theta))^1.5
@@ -1365,8 +1365,6 @@ A mixfunc mixes  two  modifiers  procedurally.   It  i
 	which serves as a form of opacity control when used with a material.)
 	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 run-time,  the  last  definitions  of  the modifier id's will be used.  
-	This can result in modifier loops, which are detected by the renderer.
 
 

@@ -1528,10 +1526,8 @@ If no file is needed by a given primitive because all the required 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. -Also, functions (requiring parameters) must be given +of a straight variable name in a scene file. +Functions (requiring parameters) must be given as names and not as expressions.

@@ -1749,7 +1745,7 @@ or converted a standard image format using one of the

 The Radiance Software License, Version 1.0
 
-Copyright (c) 1990 - 2002 The Regents of the University of California,
+Copyright (c) 1990 - 2010 The Regents of the University of California,
 through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.   All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -1822,19 +1818,24 @@ Ecole  Polytechnique  Federale de Lausanne (EPFL Unive