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Basics of physically-based rendering

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R. Keith Morley,

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This tutorial will cover the basics of physically-based rendering such as reflection models (BRDF), volume scattering (phase functions), optical phenomena (dispersion and polarization). It will also cover image formation via basic camera models. A brief summary of popular algorithms will be covered including radiosity, path tracing, photon tracing, and Metropolis Light Transport. The course will end with a more detailed description of adjoint photon tracing so that attendees can later implement their own physically-based renderer.

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Basics of physically-based rendering
1. Computing methodologies
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