Shadow Algorithms Data Miner

by Andrew Woo, Pierre Poulin

Overview

Shadow Algorithms Data Miner provides a high-level understanding of the complete set of shadow concepts and algorithms, addressing their usefulness from a larger graphics system perspective. It discusses the applicability and limitations of all the direct illumination approaches for shadow generation.

With an emphasis on shadow fundamentals, the book gives an organized picture of the motivations, complexities, and categorized algorithms available to generate digital shadows. It helps readers select the most relevant algorithms for their needs by placing the shadow algorithms in real-world contexts and looking at them from a larger graphics system perspective. As a result, readers know where to start for their application needs, which algorithms to begin considering, and which papers and supplemental material should be consulted for further details.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439880234
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/12/2012
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Woo, Andrew; Poulin, Pierre

Table of Contents

Preliminaries of Shadows. Hard Shadows. Supporting Shadows for Other Geometry Types. Soft Shadows. Other Treatments of Shadows. Applications of Shadow Algorithms. Conclusions.