Rendering caustics on non-Lambertian surfaces

Computer Graphics Forum

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-64

  Jensen, Henrik Wann ^a  

^a Mental Images GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caustics; Filtering; Monte Carlo Ray Tracing; Photon Map; Rendering

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CAUSTICS RENDERING; MONTE CARLO RAY TRACING; NON LAMBERTIAN SURFACES; PHOTON MAP;

COLOR COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 0031100198     PISSN: 01677055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8659.116     Document Type: Article

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