Lighting I: illumination, diffuse reflection

CS 248 - Introduction to Computer Graphics
Autumn Quarter, 2008
Marc Levoy
Lecture notes for Tuesday, November 18

Table of contents:

• Introduction
  • Goal of reflection models
  • The radiative heat transfer (a.k.a. light transport) approximation
  • Assumptions of the light transport approximation
• Basic radiometry
  • Flux
  • Irradiance
  • Radiant intensity
  • Radiance
• Illumination
  • Point -> area transport (point light sources)
• Reflection
  • Ideal diffuse reflection
  • Goniometric diagrams
  • General bidirectional reflectance
  • Isotropy