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Author: Matt Pharr
ISBN : 0123750792
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Physically Based Rendering, 2nd Edition describes both the mathematical theory behind a modern photorealistic rendering system as well as its practical implementation. A method - known as 'literate programming'- combines human-readable documentation and source code into a single reference that is specifically designed to aid comprehension. The result is a stunning achievement in graphics education. Through the ideas and software in this book, you will learn to design and employ a full-featured rendering system for creating stunning imagery.
- New sections on subsurface scattering, Metropolis light transport, precomputed light transport, multispectral rendering, and much more.
- Includes a companion site complete with source code for the rendering system described in the book, with support for Windows, OS X, and Linux. Please visit, www.pbrt.org.
- Code and text are tightly woven together through a unique indexing feature that lists each function, variable, and method on the page that they are first described.
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- Hardcover: 1200 pages
- Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann; 2 edition (July 12, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0123750792
- ISBN-13: 978-0123750792
- Product Dimensions: 1.8 x 7.5 x 9.2 inches
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Free Physically Based Rendering, Second Edition: From Theory To Implementation
For any developer that has experienced Alias|Wavefront Maya, Bryce or Softimage and wants to take the dive into nitty gritty of rendering engines you will find no better guide. Matt and Greg comprehensively cover more than a thousand pages of content and for each topic, whether it be cylinders & spheres, the refraction of different materials or the antialiasing techniques and in each case they show - by example - how the mathematical theories are applied in practice and how to convert the models into C++ with plenty of hands on opportunities with the pbrt ray tracer. pbrt itself is fairly robust and includes a great set of plugins such as a Maya Exporter to export scenes from Maya in the pbrt format.
Also of mention - the book quality is top notch with plenty of quality full color images which do justice to the 3d shapes & scenes. The paper can be a bit thin and see-through but that is the tradeoff to make a book of this depth.
Table of contents for the second edition:
CHAPTER 01. INTRODUCTION - pbrt: System Overview
CHAPTER 02. GEOMETRY AND TRANSFORMATIONS - Coordinate Systems, Vectors, Arithmetic, Scaling, Transformations Rays...
CHAPTER 03. SHAPES - Spheres, Cylinders, Disks, Triangles and Meshes...
CHAPTER 04. PRIMITIVES AND INTERSECTION ACCELERATION - Aggregates, Grid Accelerator, Bounding Volume Hierarchies
CHAPTER 05. COLOR AND RADIOMETRY
CHAPTER 06. CAMERA MODELS
CHAPTER 07. SAMPLING AND RECONSTRUCTION
CHAPTER 08. REFLECTION MODELS
CHAPTER 09. MATERIALS - Bump Mapping...
CHAPTER 10. TEXTURE
CHAPTER 11. VOLUME SCATTERING - Volume Scattering Processes
CHAPTER 12. LIGHT SOURCES -Light Interface, Visibility Testing, Point Lights, Spotlights...