High Dynamic Range Support

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There is not fundamental reason the BRL-CAD raytracer cannot produce High Dynamic Range output (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-dynamic-range_imaging), but it currently does not do so and BRL-CAD's image tools do not support it.

This task would involve:

  1. Investigating the OpenEXR image file format for suitability for use in BRL-CAD
  2. Identify BRL-CAD libraries and tools that would need to be enhanced (either to support OpenEXR or some other format)
  3. Allow BRL-CAD raytracing to generate HDRI output
  4. 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.

Requirements:

  • Strong familiarity with C and C++
  • Understanding of issues related to HDR images and conversions

Difficulty: medium

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