Local illumination (part II)

CS 348B - Computer Graphics: Image Synthesis Techniques
Spring Quarter, 1997
Marc Levoy
Lecture notes for Thursday, May 8
Handout #24

Table of contents:

• Reflection
  • Ideal diffuse reflection
  • Goniometric diagrams
  • General bidirectional reflectance
  • Reciprocity
  • Isotropy
  • Generalizations
  • The Gouraud rendering equation
  • Specular reflection
• Physically-based reflection models
  • Better specular reflections
  • Better diffuse reflections
  • Torrance-Sparrow-Blinn-Cook model
  • Major properties of this model
• Current research topics
  • Conservation of energy
  • Hierarchical shading models
  • Subsurface scattering
  • Measuring BRDFs
  • Image-based modeling and rendering

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