Since this box is not checked, no correction of surface normals for textures that modify the normal is being done. This sometimes causes strange effects when some textures are used.
Since this box is checked, a correction of surface normals for textures that modify the normal is being done. This helps to avoid strange effects when some textures are used.
Since this box is not checked, no corrections to avoid some problems with invalid self-intersections of objects in the scene file will be done. Use this option if text objects (flying logos) are used.
Since this box is checked, a correction to avoid some problems with invalid self- intersections of objects in the scene file will be done. Use this option if text objects (flying logos) are used.
Since this box is not checked, samples will be taken on a evenly spaced grid inside each pixel if supersampling, or at the center of each pixel if not antialiasing.
Since this box is checked, samples for will be taken at random locations inside each pixel. This can help improve image quality but will increase the time required to produce an image.
Since this box is not checked, only one frame will be computed when the <<Render>> button is pressed. Use the <<Animation...>> button to bring up the Animation window.
Since this box is checked, more than one frame will be computed as part of an animation when the <<Render>> button is pressed. Use the <<Animation...>> button to bring up the Animation window.
This button brings up the Animation dialog. It allows you to set up the animation parameters.
Press this button or the <<Return>> key when you have selected preferences for this and future RTrace sessions.
Since this box is not checked, RTrace will run faster but you will not be able to interact with RTrace or other programs on your Mac until done. This option allows other processes to run in the background.
Since this box is checked, RTrace will run slower but you will be able to interact with RTrace and other programs on your Mac while it is running. This option allows other processes to run in the background.
Since this item is not checked, the image window will not appear as the image is rendered. The image will still be created and may be saved to disk even though it is not visible as it is rendered.
Since this item is checked, the image window will show each scanline as the images is rendered.
Since this item is not checked, the image window will not be repaired if it is covered and uncovered. It saves memory to not have this checked.
Since this item is checked, the image will be stored so that if the window is covered and then uncovered, then the image window can be repaired. It requires more memory to have this checked.
This field allows you to set how often the RTrace program will allow other tasks to run in the background. There are 60 ticks in each second. For example, 30 ticks allows background processes every 1/2 second.
This field is gray because it is inactive. Check the "Allow background tasks" box to turn it on.
Since this item is not checked, the Status window will not appear each time the rendering begins. It speeds up the rendering to not check this box.
Since this item is checked, the Status window will appear each time the rendering begins. It slows down the rendering to check this box.
Since this item is not checked, the Options window will remain on the screen while rendering occurs.
Since this item is checked on, the Options window is hidden each time a rendering begins. This helps to prevent screen clutter.
Since this item is not checked, the About Window is not shown when RTrace is launched.
Since this item is checked on, the About Window is shown each time RTrace is launched.
The top line is a text description of what RTrace is doing at the moment.
This gauge gives a rough indication of the amount of time left in the current major task.
This line shows the amount of memory left in RTrace's Multifinder partition. If you are using the finder it shows total memory.
This line gives the number of objects in the current scene. Larger scenes with more objects require more memory to render.
This line gives the amount of memory currently used by the image if it is being stored in memory.
This gauge gives a rough indication of the amount of time left in the current minor task.
Minor tasks include reading a single polygon from the scene.
Rendering status is displayed in this window.
this window contains the image as it is being generated. If the "Keep Image In Memory" option in the Preferences it will be able to be redrawn ... but it can use a lot of memory.
This scrollable window has technical output which RTrace generates during scene reading, enclosing, and rendering. It is limited to 1000 lines but the RTraceLog file contains the complete text of this window.
The log window is used to display status about the ray tracing.
Click here or press the <<return>> key when all the Preferences have been set to your satisfaction.
When this option is not checked, RTrace will run "blind" and not stop for anything until it is done. This will cause RTrace to finish the rendering much faster but you won't even be able to abort!
When this option is checked, RTrace will act like a "nice" application and give time to allow other programs to run. There are 60 ticks in each second.
