TY - GEN
T1 - Stylized shadows
AU - Decoro, Christopher
AU - Cole, Forrester
AU - Finkelstein, Adam
AU - Rusinkiewicz, Szymon
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - While much research has focused on rendering physically-correct shadows, a "correct" shadow often exhibits unnecessary detail that distracts from the primary subject of the scene. Artists often prefer to have creative control over the rendered appearance of the shadow. This paper presents an algorithm offering control over stylized shadows, based on four intuitive parameters - inflation, brightness, softness, and abstraction - that together support a broad range of effects. The algorithm, which works largely in image space, can easily be incorporated into existing rendering pipelines, and is independent of scene geometry or shadow determination method.
AB - While much research has focused on rendering physically-correct shadows, a "correct" shadow often exhibits unnecessary detail that distracts from the primary subject of the scene. Artists often prefer to have creative control over the rendered appearance of the shadow. This paper presents an algorithm offering control over stylized shadows, based on four intuitive parameters - inflation, brightness, softness, and abstraction - that together support a broad range of effects. The algorithm, which works largely in image space, can easily be incorporated into existing rendering pipelines, and is independent of scene geometry or shadow determination method.
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U2 - 10.1145/1274871.1274884
DO - 10.1145/1274871.1274884
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:36949028278
SN - 1595936246
SN - 9781595936240
T3 - NPAR Symposium on Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering
SP - 77
EP - 83
BT - Proceedings - NPAR 2007
T2 - NPAR 2007: 5th International Symposium on Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering
Y2 - 4 August 2007 through 5 August 2007
ER -