Acquisition, Synthesis and Rendering of Bidirectional Texture Functions

Müller, Gero; Meseth, Jan; Sattler, Mirko; Sarlette,  Ralf; Klein,  Reinhard

Acquisition, Synthesis and Rendering of Bidirectional Texture Functions

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Date

2004

Authors

Müller, Gero
Meseth, Jan
Sattler, Mirko
Sarlette, Ralf
Klein, Reinhard

Publisher

Eurographics Association

Abstract

One of the main challenges in computer graphics is still the realistic rendering of complex materials such as fabric or skin. The difficulty arises from the complex meso structure and reflectance behavior defining the unique look-and-feel of a material. A wide class of such realistic materials can be described as 2D-texture under varying light- and view direction namely the Bidirectional Texture Function (BTF). Since an easy and general method for modeling BTFs is not available, current research concentrates on image-based methods which rely on measured BTFs (acquired real-world data) in combination with appropriate synthesis methods. Recent results have shown that this approach greatly improves the visual quality of rendered surfaces and therefore the quality of applications such as virtual prototyping. This STAR will present in detail the state-of-the-art techniques for the main tasks involved in producing photo-realistic renderings using measured BTFs

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booktitle = {Eurographics 2004 - STARs
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title = {{Acquisition, Synthesis and Rendering of Bidirectional Texture Functions
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author = {Müller, Gero and 
Meseth, Jan and 
Sattler, Mirko and 
Sarlette,  Ralf and 
Klein,  Reinhard
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year = {2004
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publisher = {Eurographics Association
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ISSN = {1017-4656
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DOI = {/10.2312/egst.20041026
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