Compositing a person into a scene to look like they are really there is a fundamental
technique in visual effects, with many other applications such as smartphone photography …

View-dependent effects such as reflections pose a substantial challenge for image-based
and neural rendering algorithms. Above all, curved reflectors are particularly hard, as they …

Thoroughly revised, this third edition focuses on modern techniques used to generate
synthetic three-dimensional images in a fraction of a second. With the advent of …

The third edition of this classic tutorial and reference on procedural texturing and modeling
is thoroughly updated to meet the needs of today's 3D graphics professionals and students …

We consider the rendering of diffuse objects under distant illumination, as specified by an
environment map. Using an analytic expression for the irradiance in terms of spherical …

We present a new, real-time method for rendering diffuse and glossy objects in low-
frequency lighting environments that captures soft shadows, interreflections, and caustics …

A surface light field is a function that assigns a color to each ray originating on a surface.
Surface light fields are well suited to constructing virtual images of shiny objects under …

We present a theoretical analysis of the relationship between incoming radiance and
irradiance. Specifically, we address the question of whether it is possible to compute the …

Many vision applications require precise measurement of scene radiance. The function
relating scene radiance to image intensity of an imaging system is called the camera …

Image-based rendering (IBR) has attracted a lot of research interest recently. In this paper,
we survey the various techniques developed for IBR, including representation, sampling and …