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Real-Time Shadows

By Michael Schwarz , Elmar Eisemann , Ulf Assarsson , Michael Wimmer

Book information

Publisher
A K Peters/CRC Press
Year
2011
ISBN
1568814380, 9781568814384
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
47 MB (49648141 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
398\387
Topic
Computers
Orientation
no
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-09-22 03:45:45
Информатика и вычислительная техника;Компьютерная

Description

Important elements of games, movies, and other computer-generated content, shadows are crucial for enhancing realism and providing important visual cues. In recent years, there have been notable improvements in visual quality and speed, making high-quality realistic real-time shadows a reachable goal. Real-Time Shadows is a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of real-time shadow techniques. It covers a large variety of different effects, including hard, soft, volumetric, and semi-transparent shadows. The book explains the basics as well as many advanced aspects related to the domain of shadow computation. It presents interactive solutions and practical details on shadow computation. The authors compare various algorithms for creating real-time shadows and illustrate how they are used in different situations. They explore the limitations and failure cases, advantages and disadvantages, and suitability of the algorithms in several applications. Source code, videos, tutorials, and more are available on the book’s website www.realtimeshadows.com.

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