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Welcome to the RenderToolbox3 wiki!

RenderToolbox3 is now deprecated in favor of RenderToolbox4. Please consider migrating to RenderToolbox4.

This RenderToolbox3 wiki will be here for reference. Thanks!

Methods Paper

We are pleased to have published a methods paper which describes the design and usage of 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).

Introductory Pages

Overview	with pictures, not details
Getting Started	first steps with RenderToolbox3, Blender
Tips	for using the software
Disucssion Forum	questions and answers

Example Scenes

Example Scene Descriptions	overview of all example scenes
DragonColorChecker Example Scene	includes annotated RenderToolbox3 code
MaterialSphere Example Scene	includes annotated RenderToolbox3 code
MaterialSpherePortable Example Scene	includes annotated RenderToolbox3 code
Interior Example Scene	includes Blender tips
Dice Example Scene	includes Blender tips and textures
BlenderPython Example Scene	includes information on procedural generation of scene geometry
LightFieldSphere Example Scene	rendering with light fields
Rendering Repeatability	what happens when you render the same scene twice?

Installing RenderToolbox3

• Installing RenderToolbox3
• Building Renderers
• Spectrum Bands
• Input and Output Files

RenderToolbox3 Files and Syntax

• Conditions File Format
• Mappings File Format
• Mappings Syntax
• Adjustments Files
• Scene DOM Paths
• Generic Scene Elements
• Renderer Plugin API
• Remodeler Plugin API
• Recipe API

Low-Level Function Reference

• Function Reference

RenderToolbox3 team

• About Us
• Join Us
• Making Releases