Lectures and Readings : Image Synthesis Techniques (CS 348B)

Lecture 1:

The Goals of Rendering

A Framework for Realistic Image Synthesis, by Don Greenberg.

Lecture 2:

Ray Tracing Basics

Physically Based Rendering, Chapters 1-3. (Sections 2.9, 3.7, 3.8, and 3.9 are optional.)

An Improved Illumination Model for Shaded Display, Turner Whitted, CACM 1980.

Optional:

Fast, minimum storage ray-triangle intersection, Möller and Trumbore, jgt 1997.

Watertight Ray/Triangle Intersection, Woop et al., jcgt 2(1).

References:

An Introduction to Ray Tracing, Andrew Glassner, ed., Academic Press 1990.

Realistic Ray Tracing, Shirley and Morley, AK Peters 2003.

Essential Ray Tracing Algorithms, Eric Haines, In Glassner, An Introduction to Ray Tracing, pp. 33-78.

A Survey of Ray-Surface Intersection Algorithms, Pat Hanrahan, In Glassner, An Introduction to Ray Tracing, pp. 79-120.

Lecture 3:

Ray Tracing Intersection Acceleration

Physically Based Rendering, Chapter 4.

Lecture 4:

Radiometry and Photometry

Physically Based Rendering, Chapters 5 and 12.

If every person on Earth aimed a laser pointer at the Moon at the same time, would it change color?

References:

Radiometry and Photometry FAQ, J. Palmer

Lecture 5: The Light Field

No Readings

Lecture 6: Monte Carlo Integration

Physically Based Rendering, Chapter 13 (skip 13.4 and 13.7) and Section 14.2 (Sampling Light Sources)

Introduction to Monte Carlo Integration, Eric Veach, CS448 Lecture 6 Notes, 1997.

Sampling Random Variables, Eric Veach, CS448 Lecture 7 Notes, 1997.

Lecture 7: Sampling and Reconstruction

Physically Based Rendering, Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.8, and 7.9

Lecture 8: Camera Simulation

Physically Based Rendering, Chapter 6

A Realistic Camera Model for Computer Graphics, Kolb et al., SIGGRAPH 1995.

Lecture 9: Reflection Models I: BRDFs and Idealized Materials

Physically Based Rendering, Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, and Chapter 9

Optional:

Geometrical considerations and nomenclature for reflectance, Nicodemus et al.

Lecture 10: Reflection Models II: Glossy Materials

Physically Based Rendering, Sections 8.4 and 8.5 (8.6 optional).

Microfacet Models for Refraction Through Rough Surfaces, Walter et al.

Optional:

Models of light reflection for computer synthesized pictures, J. Blinn, SIGGRAPH 77, pp. 192-198.

A reflectance model for computer graphics, R. Cook and K. Torrance, SIGGRAPH 81, pp. 307-316, 1981.

Theory for the off-specular reflection from roughened surfaces, K. Torrance and E. Sparrow, J. of the Optical Society of America, Vol 57, No 9, pp. 1105-1144.

Understanding the Masking-Shadowing Function in Microfacet BRDFs, Eric Heitz.

Lecture 11: Monte Carlo II: Variance Reduction Techniques

Physically Based Rendering, Section 7.3

Variance Reduction I, Eric Veach, CS448 Lecture 8 Notes, 1997.

Variance Reduction II, Eric Veach, CS448 Lecture 9 Notes, 1997.

Lecture 12: Monte Carlo III: Low Discrepancy Sampling

Physically Based Rendering, Sections 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, and 7.7.

Lecture 13: Direct Illumination

Physically Based Rendering, Sections 14.1, 14.2, and 14.3

Lecture 14: Global Illumination

Physically Based Rendering, Sections 13.7 (Russian Roulette), 14.4 (The Light Transport Equation), 14.5 (Path Tracing)

Lecture 15: Volume Rendering and Participating Media

Physically Based Rendering, Chapter 11, and Chapter 15 (skip Sections 15.4 and 15.5)

Lecture 16: Bidirectional Techniques

Physically Based Rendering, Sections 16.1, 16.2, and 16.3

Lecture 17: Refection Models 3: Anisotropic Materials and Subsurface Scattering

Physically Based Rendering, Sections 15.4 and 15.5

Optional:

Physically Based Rendering, Section 15.5

Light Scattering from Human Hair Fibers, S. Marschner, et al.

The Implementation of a Hair Scattering Model, Matt Pharr.