While traditional graphics techniques provide for the realistic display of three-dimensional
objects, these methods often lack the flexibility to emulate expressive effects found in the …

Recent progress in non-photorealistic rendering (NPR) has led to many stylized shading
techniques that efficiently convey visual information about the objects depicted. Another …

This book covers real-time shading systems, their design and how they work. Procedural
shading, long valued for off-line rendering and production animation is now possible on …

A shading language provides a means to extend the shading and lighting formulae used by
a rendering system. This paper discusses the design of a new shading language based on …

Shading is an important part of computer imagery, but shaders have been based on fixed
models to which all surfaces must conform. As computer imagery becomes more …

The shading on curved surfaces is a cue to shape. Current computer vision methods for
analyzing shading use physically unrealistic models, have serious mathematical problems …

One of the main techniques used by software renderers to produce stunningly realistic
images is programmable shading—executing an arbitrarily complex program to compute the …

With fast 3D graphics becoming more and more available even on low end platforms, the
focus in developing new graphics hardware is beginning to shift towards higher quality …

Recent research on the human visual system shows that our perception of object shape
relies in part on compression and stretching of the reflected lighting environment onto its …

With fast 3D graphics becoming more and more available even on low end platforms, the
focus in hardware-accelerated rendering is beginning to shift towards higher quality …