Overview

Production volume rendering is a fairly isolated subset of volume rendering, and there is little overlap between it and the other volume rendering contexts. This text presents actively used volume rendering techniques in visual effects production. It highlights the techniques with the most practical applications, limiting the scope to the rendering of true 3D volumes. The author provides enough details about how high-end production volume rendering is accomplished so that readers can write their own basic rendering software.

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Author:   Magnus Wrenninge (SONY Pictures Imageworks, Santa Monica, California, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   A K Peters
Dimensions:   Width: 19.10cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.020kg
ISBN:  

9781568817248

ISBN 10:   156881724
Pages:   356
Publication Date:   25 September 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface. The PVR System. Fundamentals: The Basics. Voxel Buffers. Noise. Volume Modeling: Fundamentals of Volume Modeling. PVR’s Modeling Pipeline. Rasterization Primitives in PVR. Instantiation Primitives in PVR. Volume Rendering: Volumetric Lighting. Raymarching. PVR’s Rendering Pipeline. PVR Volume Types. Raymarching in PVR. Pre-Computed Occlusion. Bibliography.

Reviews

This book deserves a place on any computer graphics developer's bookshelf. Over the last few years, volume techniques have become essential to any high-end renderer and this book will bring anyone up to speed very quickly. I highly recommend this book. -Doug Roble, Creative Director of Software, Digital Domain

This book deserves a place on any computer graphics developer's bookshelf. Over the last few years, volume techniques have become essential to any high-end renderer and this book will bring anyone up to speed very quickly. I highly recommend this book. -Doug Roble, Creative Director of Software, Digital Domain

Author Information

Magnus Wrenninge is a senior technical director and R&D programmer at Sony Pictures Imageworks. He is one of the developers of Field3D, an open source library for storing voxel data.

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