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6.4 Image Display: imf_disp

The image display and flipbook utility imf_copy is started as

        imf_disp  [options]  [directory]  [file ...]

If the directory is present, imf_disp will enter flipbook mode and display a sequence of files as a movie. If no directory is specified, a static image file is displayed. If a single minus sign is given as file name, the image will be read from standard input. This is useful for connecting mental ray and imf_disp:

        ray -imgpipe 1 scene.mi | imf_disp -

If the file to display is still being rendered, imf_disp will open a connection to the mental ray program rendering it, and display rectangles as they are finished. This also works if mental ray and imf_disp run on different machines. Files that are still being rendered can be recognized by their size, which is always 128 bytes. Only one imf_disp can be connected to a running mental ray at any time.

The following options are supported on Unix systems. Many can also be set from pulldown menus. The standard X11 options such as -display or -geometry are also supported. The Windows NT version can only display static images and supports only the -g (gamma) option.



Footnotes

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This option was introduced with mental ray 2.1.36.

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