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pfsinrgbe(1)		    General Commands Manual		  pfsinrgbe(1)

NAME
       pfsinrgbe - Load	images or frames in Radiance RGBE format

SYNOPSIS
       pfsinrgbe   [--linear]  (<file>	[--frames  <range>]  [--skip-missing])
       [<file>...]

DESCRIPTION
       pfsinrgbe command loads images in Radiance RGBE format and  writes  pfs
       stream  to  the Standard	Output.	The pfs	stream is usually piped	to an-
       other program for further processing. To	detect	the  format  automati-
       cally based on the extension, use pfsin command.

       Since RGBE is an	HDR format, 'LUMINANCE'	tag is set to 'RELATIVE' (rel-
       ative linear luminance values).

       To  read	 images	 from  standard	input use a single dash	'-' instead of
       filename. The images are	read until EOF is reached.

       Each file can contain a %d pattern, which  is  substituted  with	 frame
       numbers.	The pattern has	the same syntax	as C printf command. For exam-
       ple, you	can use	%04d to	make the frame number four digit with proceed-
       ings  zeros. You	can select the frames using the	following options (the
       options must be always given after the file name):

       --frames	<range>
	      Range is given in	mathlab	/ octave format:

	      startframe:step:endframe

	      Frame numbers start with startframe (default 0),	are  increased
	      by  step	(default  1)  and stop at endframe You can skip	one of
	      those values, for	example	1:100 for frames 1,2,...,100 and  0:2:
	      for frame	0,2,4,... up to	the last file that exists.

       --skip-missing
	      Skip  up to ten frames in	a row if corresponding files are miss-
	      ing. Otherwise the program stops reading sequence	at  the	 first
	      file  that  does	not  exists. This switch does not apply	to the
	      first frame in a sequence. This switch can be useful if there is
	      a	rendered animation where some of the frame has not been	gener-
	      ated.

       --linear
	      Ignored for compatibility	with pfsinppm.

       --radiance, -r
	      Correct stored values so that the	luminance is reported the same
	      in pfsview and radiance tools (xview or Photospheare).  See  IM-
	      PORTANT NOTE below.

       --quiet,	-q
	      Disable  warning	message	 about the change in handling absolute
	      values in	RGBE files. See	IMPORTANT NOTE below.

EXAMPLES
       pfsinrgbe intro%d.hdr frame%d.hdr | ...

	      Concatenate two animations into one and pass it to pipe for fur-
	      ther processing.

IMPORTANT NOTE
       There is	an incompatibility between viewers of RGBE format in terms  of
       absolute	 luminance values. The ximage viewer from Radiance package ex-
       pects radiance values in	RGBE files and multiplies the resulting	 lumi-
       nance  by  the  WHITE_EFFICACY constant equal to	179.0f to convert from
       radiance	to luminance.

       To remain compatible with Radiance (xview and  Photospheare),  pfstools
       prior to	1.9.0 divided red, green and blue values by 179	on writing and
       multiplied  by that constant on reading RGBE files. This	in turn	caused
       incompatibility with other software, such as Photoshop or HDR  toolbox.
       Starting	 from  pfstools	 1.9.0 this division / multiplication step was
       removed to make pfstools	compatible in terms of	absolute  values  with
       the majority of the software. The downside is that this change made lu-
       minance	units) with the	pfstools 1.9.0 or later. To avoid any mistakes
       because of that change, a long warning messages is shown	each time pfs-
       inrgbe or pfsoutrgbe is called. The  message  can  be  suppressed  with
       --quiet option.

       To  enable  the old functionality and read or write RGBE	files with the
       correction for WHITE_EFFICACY, add --radiance  option  to  the  command
       line.

BUGS
       Please  report  bugs  and  comments on implementation to	the discussion
       group http://groups.google.com/group/pfstools

SEE ALSO
       pfsin(1), pfsout(1)

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