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The current version of RenderToolbox is RenderToolbox4. See what's new in RenderToolbox4. See also the previous version, RenderToolbox3.

RenderToolbox4 is compatible with RenderToolbox3 recipes and scripts, so old code should still work. When writing new code, please use the new RenderToolbox4 style (we think it's better, and we would like to stop supporting the old style).

Introductory Pages

Overview	with pictures, not details
How it Works	with some details

Example Scenes

RenderToolbox comes with a number of ExampleScenes. We intend these to illustrate key features of RenderToolbox.

Flythrough	scene modifications with "remodeler" functions instead of mappings
BlenderPython	programmatic 3D modeling with Python and Blender
CoordinatesTest	render a simple scene as-is
Dice	UV mapping for surface reflectance image texture
Dragon	colorful conditions, area lights
Interior	challenges with physically-based lighting
Interreflection	path tracing, sanity check for physics principles
LightFieldSphere	lighting from a spherical image map
MaterialSphere	fancy materials, bump maps, "remodeling" on the fly
RadianceTest	sanity check for physics principles
RGBPromotion	renderer representation of RGB reflectances, "remodeling" on the fly
ScalingTest	sanity check for renderer numerical scaling
SceneFromScratch	programmatic 3D modeling in Matlab
SimpleSphere	sanity check for physics principles
SimpleSquare	sanity check for physics principles
SpectralIllusion	image analysis, perceptual illusion
WildScene	rendering "wild" scenes from the internet

More

• Conditions File Format
• Mappings File Format
• Generic Mappings
• Mexximp Mappings
• Mitsuba Mappings
• PBRT Mappings
• Spectrum Bands
• Docker

Methods Paper

We are pleased to have published a methods paper which describes the design and usage of a previous version, RenderToolbox3 (version 1.1):

Heasly BS, Cottaris NP, Lichtman DP, Xiao B, Brainard DH, "RenderToolbox3: MATLAB tools that facilitate physically based stimulus rendering for vision research", J Vis. 2014 Feb 7, 14(2).

Please cite this paper if you use RenderToolbox in published research.

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