Physically Based Rendering
From Theory to Implementation
2nd Edition
Published on 29. June 2010
Book
Hardback
1200 pages
978-0-12-375079-2 (ISBN)
Description
Physically Based Rendering, Second 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.
This new edition greatly refines its best-selling predecessor by streamlining all obsolete code as well as adding sections on parallel rendering and system design; animating transformations; multispectral rendering; realistic lens systems; blue noise and adaptive sampling patterns and reconstruction; measured BRDFs; and instant global illumination, as well as subsurface and multiple-scattering integrators.
These updates reflect the current state-of-the-art technology, and along with the lucid pairing of text and code, ensure the book's leading position as a reference text for those working with images, whether it is for film, video, photography, digital design, visualization, or gaming.
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.
This new edition greatly refines its best-selling predecessor by streamlining all obsolete code as well as adding sections on parallel rendering and system design; animating transformations; multispectral rendering; realistic lens systems; blue noise and adaptive sampling patterns and reconstruction; measured BRDFs; and instant global illumination, as well as subsurface and multiple-scattering integrators.
These updates reflect the current state-of-the-art technology, and along with the lucid pairing of text and code, ensure the book's leading position as a reference text for those working with images, whether it is for film, video, photography, digital design, visualization, or gaming.
Reviews / Votes
"Physically Based Rendering is a terrific book. It covers all the marvelous math, fascinating physics, practical software engineering, and clever tricks that are necessary to write a state-of-the-art photorealistic renderer. All of these topics are dealt with in a clear and pedagogical manner without omitting the all-important practical details." --Per Christensen Senior Software Developer, RenderMan Products Pixar Animation Studios"Intended for graduate or advanced undergraduate students in a computer graphics course, this large volume provides a comprehensive examination of complex rendering algorithms and demonstrates, through detailed examination of source code and example projects, the practical development and application of cutting edge image creation and processing software. This second edition is updated to reflect current technologies and contains updated information on relevant recent hardware improvements such as advanced multi-core processors as well as an increased focus on production graphics techniques. The text includes numerous illustrations, code examples, and formulas as well as recommendations for further reading and chapter exercises. Pharr is a principle engineer for Intel and Humphreys is an engineer for NVIDIA and a former professor of computer science at the University of Virginia." --SciTech Book News
"Pharr and Humphreys' textbook is beautifully typeset, thoroughly indexed, unendingly cross-referenced, extensively illustrated, and printed in full color. Given its unconventional preparation style, this textbook stands out because of its descriptions of the tradeoffs involved in developing a complete working renderer. Although somewhat verbose at times, the discussions of design tradeoffs and performance considerations are an excellent complement to the more traditional coverage of the theory behind photorealistic rendering. C++ idioms sometimes get in the way of more elegant solutions, but their use is always reasonably justified. If you are just looking for a general introduction to image synthesis and rendering, standard graphics textbooks [2] might fit the bill; however, if you intend to develop your own renderer or try out new ideas, this textbook provides an excellent starting point." --Computing Reviews.com
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
This book is intended primarily for R&D professionals in computer graphics, digital design, and visualization as well as visual effects artists in the entertainment industry, including interactive gaming and production houses (e.g., computer graphics companies such as Pixar, PDI, Dreamworks) that will want to explore the software and theory contained within. Readers include animators, rendering system developers, and graphics architects. This book is also intended for a secondary market composed of advanced undergraduates and graduate students in rendering/computer graphics courses, as well as science technicians who use ray tracing for simulating other physical phenomena (such as radio-frequency propagation and irradiance replication).
Illustrations
463 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
2650 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-375079-2 (9780123750792)
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Persons
Matt Pharr is a Software Engineer at Google. He previously co-founded Neoptica, which was acquired by Intel, and co-founded Exluna, which was acquired by NVIDIA. He has a B.S. degree from Yale and a Ph.D. from the Stanford Graphics Lab, where he worked under the supervision of Pat Hanrahan. Greg Humphreys is Director of Engineering at FanDuel, having previously worked on the Chrome graphics team at Google and the OptiX GPU raytracing engine at NVIDIA. Before that, he was a professor of Computer Science at the University of Virginia, where he conducted research in both high performance and physically based computer graphics, as well as computer architecture and visualization. Greg has a B.S.E. degree from Princeton, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford under the supervision of Pat Hanrahan. When he's not tracing rays, Greg can usually be found playing tournament bridge.
Content
CHAPTER 01. INTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 02. GEOMETRY AND TRANSFORMATIONSCHAPTER 03. SHAPESCHAPTER 04. PRIMITIVES AND INTERSECTION ACCELERATIONCHAPTER 05. COLOR AND RADIOMETRYCHAPTER 06. CAMERA MODELSCHAPTER 07. SAMPLING AND RECONSTRUCTIONCHAPTER 08. REFLECTION MODELSCHAPTER 09. MATERIALSCHAPTER 10. TEXTURECHAPTER 11. VOLUME SCATTERING CHAPTER 12. LIGHT SOURCESCHAPTER 13. MONTE CARLO INTEGRATION I: BASIC CONCEPTSCHAPTER 14. MONTE CARLO INTEGRATION II: IMPROVING EFFICIENCYCHAPTER 15. LIGHT TRANSPORT I: SURFACE REFLECTIONCHAPTER 16. LIGHT TRANSPORT II: VOLUME RENDERING CHAPTER 17. LIGHT TRANSPORT III: PRECOMPUTED LIGHT TRANSPORTCHAPTER 18. RETROSPECTIVE AND THE FUTUREAPPENDIXESA UtilitiesB Scene Description InterfaceC Index of FragmentsD Index of Classes and their MembersE Index of Miscellaneous Identifiers