Difference between revisions of "High Dynamic Range Support"
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| − | There is no fundamental reason the BRL-CAD raytracer cannot produce High Dynamic Range output | + | There is no fundamental reason the BRL-CAD raytracer cannot produce High Dynamic Range output, but it currently does not do so and BRL-CAD's image tools do not support it. |
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The end product should be an enhanced raytracer and toolchain that can produce and handle HDRI images. | The end product should be an enhanced raytracer and toolchain that can produce and handle HDRI images. | ||
| − | Requirements | + | =References= |
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| + | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-dynamic-range_imaging | ||
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| + | * src/rt | ||
| + | ** most of our raytracers reside in here | ||
| + | * src/liboptical | ||
| + | ** where optics are calculated during raytracing | ||
| + | * src/util | ||
| + | ** tons of image converters | ||
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| + | =Requirements= | ||
*Strong familiarity with C and C++ | *Strong familiarity with C and C++ | ||
*Understanding of issues related to HDR images and conversions | *Understanding of issues related to HDR images and conversions | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:03, 24 March 2011
There is no fundamental reason the BRL-CAD raytracer cannot produce High Dynamic Range output, but it currently does not do so and BRL-CAD's image tools do not support it.
This task would involve:
- Investigating the OpenEXR image file format for suitability for use in BRL-CAD
- Identify BRL-CAD libraries and tools that would need to be enhanced (either to support OpenEXR or some other format)
- Allow BRL-CAD raytracing to generate HDRI output
- Allow BRL-CAD image editing and display tools to work with HDRI output
The end product should be an enhanced raytracer and toolchain that can produce and handle HDRI images.
References[edit]
- src/rt
- most of our raytracers reside in here
- src/liboptical
- where optics are calculated during raytracing
- src/util
- tons of image converters
Requirements[edit]
- Strong familiarity with C and C++
- Understanding of issues related to HDR images and conversions
