BRDF Representation and Acquisition

• Published in: Computer graphics forum Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 625 - 650
• Main Authors: Guarnera, D., Guarnera, G.C., Ghosh, A., Denk, C., Glencross, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2016
• Subjects: Acquisitions; Analysis; and texture; Categories and Subject Descriptors (according to ACM CCS); Computer graphics; Crashworthiness; Cultural heritage; Environment models; I.3.3 [Computer Graphics]: Picture/Image Generation-Line and curve generation; I.3.7 [Computer Graphics]: Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism-Colour; I.3.7 [Computer Graphics]: Three‐Dimensional Graphics and Realism—Colour, shading, shadowing, and texture; I.6.8 [Computer Graphics]: Types of simulation-Monte Carlo; Light; Marketing; Photorealistic; Rendering; Representations; shading; shadowing; Simulation; Studies; Surface chemistry

Photorealistic rendering of real world environments is important in a range of different areas; including Visual Special effects, Interior/Exterior Modelling, Architectural Modelling, Cultural Heritage, Computer Games and Automotive Design. Currently, rendering systems are able to produce photoreali...