Focus On Photon Mapping (Premier Press Game Development)
Focus On Photon Mapping (Premier Press Game Development)
ISBN: 1592000088
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 128
Pages: 128
Authors: Marlon John
- Main page
- Table of contents
- 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
- HybridMulti-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
Focus On Photon Mapping (Premier Press Game Development)
ISBN: 1592000088
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 128
Pages: 128
Authors: Marlon John