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Realistic Rendering Fundametals of Rendering - / • Determination of • Mechanisms – Emittance (+) – Absorption (-) “Physically Based Rendering” – Scattering (+) (single vs. multiple) by Pharr & Humphreys • Cameras or retinas record quantity of

•Chapter 5: Color and Radiometry •Chapter 6: Camera Models - we won!t cover this in class

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Pertinent Questions Electromagnetic

• Nature of light and how it is: – Measured – Characterized / recorded • (local) reflection of light • (global) spatial distribution of light

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Spectral Distributions Tristimulus Theory of Color e.g., Fluorescent Lamps

Metamers: SPDs that appear the same visually

Color matching functions of standard human observer International Commision on Illumination, or CIE, of 1931

“These color matching functions are the amounts of three standard monochromatic primaries needed to match the monochromatic test primary at the shown on the horizontal scale.” from Wikipedia “CIE 1931 Color Space” 782 782 What Is Light ?

Three views • Light - particle model () •Geometrical or ray – Light travels in straight lines Traditional graphics – Light can travel through a – vacuum – Reflection, refraction (waves need a medium to – Optical system design travel in) – Quantum amount of Physical or wave • • Light – wave model (Huygens): – Dispersion, interference electromagnetic : sinusiodal wave formed coupled – Interaction of objects of size comparable to electric (E) and magnetic (H) wavelength fields •Quantum or optics – Interaction of light with atoms and molecules

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Nature of Light Nature of Light

• Wave-particle duality • Coherence - Refers to of waves – Light has some wave properties: , phase, orientation • Laser light waves have uniform frequency – Light has some quantum particle properties: quantum packets • Natural light is incoherent- waves are multiple frequencies, and random (). in phase.

• of light • Polarization - Refers to orientation of waves. – Amplitude or Intensity – Polarized light waves have uniform orientation – Frequency – Natural light is unpolarized - it has many waves summed all with – Phase random orientation – Polarization – Focused feflected light tends to be parallel to surface of reflection

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Radiometry Radiometry Questions

• Science of measuring energy (light in our case) • Measure energy leaving a light source, as a function of direction • Analogous science called photometry is based on human perception. • Measure energy hitting a surface, in a particular direction

• Measure energy leaving a surface, in a particular direction

The energy is light, photons in this case 782 782 Solid Terminology

First, need to define 3D angular units Energy

2D Power Energy per unit of full circle -

3D full -

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Power on a surface Power in a direction

Radiant intensity Radiant power passing through a surface Power per unit

Radiance Power radiated per unit Flux density Radiant power per unit on a solid angle per unit surface projected source area

Incident flux density Flux density arriving at a surface in all directions for rendering: important when considering the direction toward the camera Exitant flux density Flux density leaving from a (aka ) surface in all directions

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Radiometry - Quantities Terms & Units Energy per time • Energy Q Power • Power " for a surface per unit Flux – Energy per time solid angle • E and Radiosity B per unit surface area – Power per area Radiant • Intensity I Intensity Flux density – Power per solid angle (incident, irradiance, exitant, radiosity) • L per unit per unit – Power per projected area and solid angle projected solid angle source area Given radiance, you can Radiance integrate to get other terms 782 782 Radiant Energy - Q Power - !

• Think of photon as carrying quantum of energy • Flow of energy (important for transport) • Wave packets • Also - radiant power or flux. • Total energy, Q, is then energy of the total number of • Energy per unit time (/s = eV/s) photons • Unit: W - • Units - joules or eV • • Falls off with square of

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Radiant Flux Area Density Irradiance E or simply flux density

• Area density of flux (W/m2) • Power per unit area incident on a surface • u = Energy arriving/leaving a surface per unit time interval

• dA can be any 2D surface in space

• E.g. sphere:

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Radiosity or B Intensity I

• Power per unit area leaving surface • Flux density per unit solid angle • Also known as Radiosity • Same unit as irradiance, just direction changes • Units – watts per • • “intensity” is heavily overloaded. Why? – Power of light source – Perceived

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• Size of a patch, dA, in terms of its Solid angle generalizes angle! angular direction, is • • Steradian • Solid angle is • Sphere has 4# steradians! Why? • Dodecahedron – 12 faces, each pentagon. • One steradian approx equal to solid angle subtended by a single face of dodecahedron

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Hemispherical Projection Isotropic Point Source

• Use a hemisphere $ over surface to measure incoming/outgoing flux

• Replace objects and points with their hemispherical projection • Even distribution over sphere

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Radiance L Projected Area

• Power per unit projected area per unit solid angle. • Units – watts per (steradian m2) • We have now introduced projected area, a cosine term.

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• Foreshortening is by cosine of angle. • Incident Radiance: Li(p, %) Note that direction is always away from point • Radiance gives energy by effective surface area. • Exitant Radiance: Lo(p, %) • In general: • p - no surface, no participating media

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Irradiance from Radiance Reflected Radiance & BRDFs

dLo(p, ωo) ∝ dE(p, ωi)

N • |cos&|d% is projection of a differential area ωo • We take |cos&| in order to integrate over the whole ωi θi sphere n

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Bidirectional Reflection Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Functions Distribution Functions

Bidirectional Reflection Distribution Function (BRDF) Reciprocity: fr(p, ωi, ωo) = fr(p, ωo, ωi) fr(p, ωo, ωi)

Energy Conservation: Bidirectional Distribution Function (BTDF)

ft(p, ωo, ωi) fr(p, ωo, ω!) cos θ!dω! ≤ 1 !H2(n) Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function (BSDF)

f(p, ωo, ωi) 782 782 Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Functions

dLo(p, ωo) = f(p, ωo, ωi)Li(p, ωi)| cos θi|dωi

Lo(p, ωo) = f(p, ωo, ωi)Li(p, ωi)| cos θi|dωi !S2(n)

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