A WPF front end for various common workflow tasks associated with using the Radiance Synthetic Imaging System (http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/) (https://www.radiance-online.org/). The Radiance system is what is used to make accurate lighting level predictions.
This is a complex application for a very complex suite of Radiance utilities. No attempt here is made to explain this WpfRadScript program. Those familiar with running a Radiance system at a nuts and bolts level would recognize what is going on and they might find WpfRadScript useful for what is does.
WpfRadScript was created for the lighting designer Mark de la Fuente. The images shown in this documentation are from one of his projects.
- Radiance installed (http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/) and WpfRadScript told where to find the Radiance binaries.
- The various project definition files needed to setup the lighting simulation.
- ImageMagick and GhostScript installed. These are used for the final image creation steps in the workflow this application automates.
- Wherever there is a text input field for a filename or path, then a mouse doubleclick in that field will open a filename or filepath browser.
- Wherever a file's contents are displayed, then a mouse doubleclick in the content will open that file in a simple text editor.
- Wherever a text input field is not correct for some reason, then that text field is shown in red color. This concept applies also to some of the argument text fields where an error in the argument would result in the command failing.
- Much of what WpfRadScript does is dispatch work to utility programs on backgroundworker threads. When this happens WpfRadScript tries to report the backgroundworker progress in the upper left corner message viewer.
- Bold text like ?gensky opens an online manual for that command when mouse doubleclicked.
In this workflow Scenes, Materials, Views tab and Options are choreographed in a batch file to generate special simulated HDR images. The General tab is the main control point.
The various Radiance command lines that will be written to the batch file are shown.
The Scenes tab is where the scenes argument is built. The arguments shown are transferred to the General tab.
The Materials tab is where the materials argument is built. The arguments shown are transferred to the General tab.
The View Setting tab is where the views are selected. The selections show up in the General tab command lines.
The Options tab is where the options files are selected.
The Radiance results for running the batch file are Radiance PIC image files. These are components to the final result. The Radiance PComb function combines Radiance PIC image files into another Radiance PIC file using parameters for each component that controls how it is combined into the final result. The PComb tab is where this happens.
The interface in this tab is a bit abstract. It needs some explanation. The PComb function combines Radiance PIC image files. Those files are listed on the left. There are regex controls on the list selection because there could be many obscure filenames to select.
The PComb function arguments are selected on the right side. A field shows the PComb function command line with its proposed arguments as it is assembled. The "\ /" button loads the PComb function command line into the execution chamber below. The gears button 
on this tab dispatches the PComb function command lines.
The final Radiance PIC image files, which are special files that have significant technical data use within Radiance, must be converted to standard image formats when intended for presentation viewing. The first conversion is from PIC to Tiff using the Radiance ra_tiff utility. The Pic to Tiff tab is where this happens.
Use the Observe ra_tiff Process checkbox to see what ra_tiff has to report about processes that fail.
Once the Radiance PIC images are converted to TIFF files they can then be converted to more useful image formats. The Tiff to Other tab is where this happens. At this step ImageMagick makes the conversion and can be used in its full capability via command arguments.
Use the Observe Process checkbox to see what ImageMagick has to report about processes that fail.
The Utilities tab is where some WpfRadScript application settings are made and where standard Radiance related project folders can be created.
The HDRViewer setting is where the Radiance PIC file viewer is defined. The year 2000 hdrview.exe program provided in this repository in the HDRViewer folder can view a Radiance PIC file. Hdrview.exe may have been written by Haibin Huang while a student at University of California Berkeley. WpfRadScript passes the Radiance PIC file resulting from PComb to Hdrview.exe for viewing.
Two items on this tab are features not implemented. These are the Replace String Utility and the Editor Path setting.
