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/usr/bin/exrenvmap

High dynamic-range image file format library

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Usage: exrenvmap [options] infile outfile

Convert an OpenEXR latitude-longitude environment map
into a cube-face environment map or vice versa.
Reads an environment map image from infile, converts
it, and stores the result in outfile.

If the input file name contains a '%' character, then an
input cube-face environment map is assembled from six
square sub-images that represent the six faces of the cube.
The names of the six image files are generated by replacing
the % with +X, -X, +Y, -Y, +Z and -Z respectively.

If the output file name contains a '%' character and
the program has been instructed to produce a cube-face
environment map, then the output image is split into six
square sub-images that are saved in six separate output
files.  The names of the files are generated by replacing
the % with +X, -X, +Y, -Y, +Z and -Z respectively.

Options:

  -o            produces a ONE_LEVEL output file (default)

  -m            produces a MIPMAP_LEVELS output file (-m has
                no effect if the output image is split into
                multiple files)

  -c            the output file will be a cube-face environment
                map (default)

  -l            the output file will be a latitude-longitude
                environment map

  -ci           the input file is interpreted as a cube-face
                environment map, regardless of its envmap
                attribute

  -li           the input file is interpreted as a latitude-
                longitude environment map, regardless of its
                envmap attribute (-li has no effect if the
                input image is assembled from multiple files)

  -w x          sets the width of the output image to x pixels
                (default is 256).  The height of the output image
                will be x*6 pixels for a cube-face map, or x/2
                pixels for a latitude-longitude map.

  -f r n        sets the antialiasing filter radius to r
                (default is 1.0) and the sampling rate to
                n by n (default is 5 by 5).  Increasing r
                makes the output image blurrier; decreasing r
                makes the image sharper but may cause aliasing.
                Increasing n improves antialiasing, but
                generating the output image takes longer.

  -b            blurs the environment map image by applying a
                180-degree-wide filter kernel such that point-
                sampling the blurred image at a location that
                corresponds to 3D direction N returns the color
                that a white diffuse reflector with surface
                normal N would have if it was illuminated using
                the original non-blurred image.
                Generating the blurred image can be fairly slow.

  -t x y        sets the output file's tile size to x by y pixels
                (default is 64 by 64)

  -p t b        if the input image is a latitude-longitude map,
                pad the image at the top and bottom with t*h
                and b*h extra scan lines, where h is the height
                of the input image.  This is useful for images
                from 360-degree panoramic scans that cover
                less than 180 degrees vertically.

  -d            sets level size rounding to ROUND_DOWN (default)

  -u            sets level size rounding to ROUND_UP

  -z x          sets the data compression method to x
                (none/rle/zips/zip/piz/pxr24/b44/b44a/dwaa/dwab/htj2k256/htj2k32/lj2k/zstd,
                default is zip)

  -v            verbose mode

  -h, --help    print this message

      --version print version information

Report bugs via https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/issues or email security@openexr.com
Options (16)
OptionDescriptionSource
-oproduces a ONE_LEVEL output file (default)help
-mproduces a MIPMAP_LEVELS output file (-m has no effect if the output image is split into multiple files)help
-cthe output file will be a cube-face environment map (default)help
-lthe output file will be a latitude-longitude environment maphelp
-cithe input file is interpreted as a cube-face environment map, regardless of its envmap attributehelp
-lithe input file is interpreted as a latitude- longitude environment map, regardless of its envmap attribute (-li has no effect if the input image is assembled from multiple files)help
-w xsets the width of the output image to x pixels (default is 256).help
-f rsets the antialiasing filter radius to r (default is 1.0) and the sampling rate to n by n (default is 5 by 5).help
-bblurs the environment map image by applying a 180-degree-wide filter kernel such that point- sampling the blurred image at a location that corresponds to 3D direction N returns the color that a white…help
-t xsets the output file's tile size to x by y pixels (default is 64 by 64)help
-p tif the input image is a latitude-longitude map, pad the image at the top and bottom with t*h and b*h extra scan lines, where h is the height of the input image.help
-dsets level size rounding to ROUND_DOWN (default)help
-usets level size rounding to ROUND_UPhelp
-z xsets the data compression method to x (none/rle/zips/zip/piz/pxr24/b44/b44a/dwaa/dwab/htj2k256/htj2k32/lj2k/zstd, default is zip)help
-vverbose modehelp
-h, --helpprint this messagehelp

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