Physically-Based Rendering - From Theory to Implementation

From movies to video games, computer-rendered images are pervasive. This book introduces the concepts and theory of photorealistic rendering, hand in hand with the source code for a sophisticated renderer. It describes the design strategies involved with building real systems.

List of contents

Geometry and transformations; Primitives & intersection acceleration; Camera models; Sampling and reconstruction; Film and the imaging pipeline; Reflection models; Materials; Texture; Volume scattering; Light sources; Monte Carlo Integration I & II: Improving efficiency; Light Transport I & II: Volume rendering; Summary and conclusion; Appendices, Index

Report

"I think this book is great. It's state-of-the-art, and covers the area from soup to nuts and with more depth than any other book I know." -Eric Haines, Autodesk Inc.

Product details

• Authors: Greg Humphreys, Matt Pharr
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.09.2004
• EAN: 9780125531801
• ISBN: 978-0-12-553180-1
• No. of pages: 1056
• Series: The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3D Technology; The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3D Technology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Application software; Computergrafik