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Focus On Photon Mapping
By John Marlon
Publisher	: Premier Press
Pub Date	: 2003
ISBN	: 1-1-59200-008-8
Pages	: 344

		Dedication
		Acknowledgements
		About the Author
		Letter from the Series Editor
		Introduction
		Chapter 1.  Understanding the Nature of Light
			Understanding Waves
			Understanding the Electromagnetic Spectrum
			Considering Shadows
			Summary
		Chapter 2.  What Is Color?
			Colors and Computers
			Creating the Color Class
			Using Color Operators
			Defining the Basic Colors
			The PPM Format
			Using the Chapter's Source Code
			Summary
		Chapter 3.  Reflection and Refraction
			What Is a Ray?
			What Is Reflection?
			Diffuse Reflection
			Specular (Mirror) Reflection
			What Is Refraction?
			Summary
		Chapter 4.  Global Illumination
			The Photon
			Light Shading
			Flux
			Light Transport Notation
			Direct and Indirect Illumination
			Summary
		Chapter 5.  Other Rendering Techniques
			The Basics
			View or Image Plane
			Frustum
			Field of View
			Ray Tracing
			Distributed Ray Tracing
			Radiosity
			Hybrid/Multi-passRadiosity
			Backward Ray Tracing Illustration
			Summary
		Chapter 6.  Basic Structures
			Using Vectors and Points
			Finding the Plane in Which a Polygon/ Triangle Sits
			Creating a Light Source
			Using the Ray
			Adding Reflection and Refraction Features
			Using the Chapter's Source Code
			Summary
		Chapter 7.  Developing Your Application
			Defining Your Materials
			Using Primitives for Simulation
			Incorporating the Sphere Primitive
			Creating a Triangle Primitive
			Creating and Using the Object Class
			Designing the Scene
			Using the Chapter's Source Code
			Summary
		Chapter 8.  The Rest of the Puzzle
			Understanding the Coordinate Systems
			Implementing the Camera into the Scene
			Importing the Scene from a File
			Declaring Attribute Primitives
			Setting Up the Scene Classes
			Determining the Scene Primitives
			Reading the Data into the Scene
			Upgrading the cScene Class
			Using the Chapter's Source Code
			Summary
		Chapter 9.  Ray Tracing
			Using Backward Ray Tracing
			Implementing the Shading and the Lighting
			Upgrading cScene for Ray Tracing
			Using the Chapter's Source Code
			Program 1: Ray Tracer 1
			Revisiting Reflection and Refraction
			Program 2: Ray Tracer 2
			Simulating Shadow Rays
			Program 3: Ray Tracer 3
			Summary
		Chapter 10.  Photon Mapping in a Nutshell
			The Goal
			Problems with Ray Tracing and Radiosity
			The Concept Behind Photon Mapping
			The Solution
			Summary
		Chapter 11.  Photon Tracing
			Understanding the Structure of a Photon
			The Photon-Mapping Algorithm's Two-Pass Method
			Designing the Photon Map Class
			Incorporating Simple Scattering
			Incorporating Proportional Light Scattering
			Storing Your Photons
			Absorbing Light
			Transmitting and Reflecting Light
			Playing Russian Roulette
			Summary
		Chapter 12.  Photon Rendering
			Implementing Photon Mapping
			Using the PhotonMap Class
			Using the Upgraded cScene Class
			Using the Chapter's Source Code
			Summary
		Chapter 13.  Advanced Searching
			Using Spatial Subdivision
			Using the KD Tree Algorithm
			Building the KD Tree
			Searching the KD Tree
			Implementing the KD Tree
			Using the Chapter's Code
			Summary
		Chapter 14.  The Power of Photon Mapping
			Simulating Diffuse Interactions
			Simulating Diffuse Reflections
			Simulating Specular Reflections
			Simulating Caustics with Photon Mapping
			Simulating Indirect Illumination
			Creating Better Penumbras in Shadows
			Using the Chapter's Source Code
			Using Photon Mapping in Games
			BSP Trees and Photon Mapping
			Summary
			Wrapping Up

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