Virtual material acquisition and representation for computer graphics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Guarnera, Dar'ya (Author), Guarnera, Giuseppe Claudio (Author)
Corporate Author:	Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[San Rafael, California] : Morgan & Claypool, 2018.
Series:	Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science. Synthesis lectures on visual computing ; # 30.
Subjects:	Computer graphics > Mathematics. Materials > Computer simulation. Reflectance > Mathematical models. Rendering (Computer graphics) Surfaces (Technology) > Optical properties > Mathematical models. BRDF reflectance acquisition reflectance models virtual materials Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book (PDF)

Description
Abstract:	This book provides beginners in computer graphics and related fields a guide to the concepts, models, and technologies for realistic rendering of material appearance. It provides a complete and thorough overview of reflectance models and acquisition setups, along with providing a selection of the available tools to explore, visualize, and render the reflectance data. Reflectance models are under continuous development, since there is still no straightforward solution for general material representations. Every reflectance model is specific to a class of materials. Hence, each has strengths and weaknesses, which the book highlights in order to help the reader choose the most suitable model for any purpose. The overview of the acquisition setups will provide guidance to a reader who needs to acquire virtual materials and will help them to understand which measurement setup can be useful for a particular purpose, while taking into account the performance and the expected cost derived from the required components. The book also describes several recent open source software solutions, useful for visualizing and manipulating a wide variety of reflectance models and data.
Item Description:	Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 87 pages) : illustrations. Also available in print.
Format:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-85).
ISBN:	9781681731469
ISSN:	2469-4223 ;
DOI:	10.2200/S00817ED1V01Y201711VCP030
Access:	Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.