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The RADIANCE 4.0 Synthetic Imaging System |
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The RADIANCE 4.1 Synthetic Imaging System |
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The RADIANCE 4.0 Synthetic Imaging System |
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The RADIANCE 4.1 Synthetic Imaging System |
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<a NAME="BSDF"> |
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<b>BSDF</b> |
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The BSDF material type loads an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) |
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file describing a bidirectional scattering distribution function. |
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Real arguments to this material may define additional |
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diffuse components that augment the BSDF data. |
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String arguments are used to define thickness for proxied |
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surfaces and the "up" orientation for the material. |
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mod BSDF id |
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6+ thick BSDFfile ux uy uz funcfile transform |
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rfdif gfdif bfdif |
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rbdif gbdif bbdif |
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rtdif gtdif btdif |
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The first string argument is a "thickness" parameter that may be used |
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to hide detail geometry being proxied by an aggregate BSDF material. |
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If a view or shadow ray hits a BSDF proxy with non-zero thickness, |
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it will pass directly through as if the surface were not there. |
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Similar to the illum type, this permits direct viewing and |
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shadow testing of complex geometry. |
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The BSDF is used when a scattered (indirect) ray hits the surface, |
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and any transmitted sample rays will be offset by the thickness amount |
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to avoid the hidden geometry and gather samples from the other side. |
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In this manner, BSDF surfaces can improve the results for indirect |
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scattering from complex systems without sacrificing appearance or |
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shadow accuracy. |
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If the BSDF has transmission and back-side reflection data, |
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a parallel BSDF surface may be |
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placed slightly less than the given thickness away from the front surface |
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to enclose the complex geometry on both sides. |
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The sign of the thickness is important, as it indicates |
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whether the proxied geometry is behind the BSDF |
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surface (when thickness is positive) or in front (when |
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thickness is negative). |
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The second string argument is the name of the BSDF file, |
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which is found in the usual auxiliary locations. The |
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following three string parameters name variables for an |
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"up" vector, which together with the surface |
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normal, define the local coordinate system that orients the |
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BSDF. These variables, along with the thickness, are defined |
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in a function file given as the next string argument. An |
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optional transform is used to scale the thickness and |
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reorient the up vector. |
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If no real arguments are given, the BSDF is used by itself |
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to determine reflection and transmission. If there are at |
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least 3 real arguments, the first triplet is an additional |
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diffuse reflectance for the front side. At least 6 real |
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arguments adds diffuse reflectance to the rear side of the |
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surface. If there are 9 real arguments, the final triplet |
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will be taken as an additional diffuse transmittance. All |
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diffuse components as well as the non-diffuse transmission |
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are modified by patterns applied to this material. The |
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non-diffuse reflection from either side are unaffected. |
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Textures perturb the effective surface normal in the usual |
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way. |
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The surface normal of this type is not altered to face the |
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incoming ray, so the front and back BSDF reflections may |
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differ. (Transmission is identical front-to-back by physical |
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law.) If back visibility is turned off during rendering and |
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there is no transmission or back-side reflection, only then |
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the surface will be invisible from behind. Unlike other |
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data-driven material types, the BSDF type is fully supported |
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and all parts of the distribution are properly sampled. |
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<b>Antimatter</b> |
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nor may "Radiance" appear in their name, without prior written |
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permission of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. |
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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED |
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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED |
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WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES |
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OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE |
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DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory OR |
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<li>Ward, G., R. Mistrick, E.S. Lee, A. McNeil, J. Jonsson, |
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"Simulating the Daylight Performance of Complex Fenestration Systems |
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Using Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Functions within Radiance," |
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<em>Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Soc. of North America</em>, |
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April 2011. |
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<li>Cater, Kirsten, Alan Chalmers, Greg Ward, |
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"<a href="http://www.anyhere.com/gward/papers/egsr2003.pdf">Detail to Attention: |
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Exploiting Visual Tasks for Selective Rendering</a>," |
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<em>Eurographics Symposium |
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on Rendering 2003</em>, June 2003. |
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<li>Ward, Greg, Elena Eydelberg-Vileshin, |
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``<a HREF="http://www.anyhere.com/gward/papers/egwr02/index.html">Picture Perfect RGB |
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Rendering Using Spectral Prefiltering and Sharp Color Primaries</a>,'' |
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"<a HREF="http://www.anyhere.com/gward/papers/egwr02/index.html">Picture Perfect RGB |
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Rendering Using Spectral Prefiltering and Sharp Color Primaries</a>," |
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Thirteenth Eurographics Workshop on Rendering (2002), |
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P. Debevec and S. Gibson (Editors), June 2002. |
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<li>Ward, Gregory, |
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``<a HREF="http://www.anyhere.com/gward/papers/cic01.pdf">High Dynamic Range Imaging</a>,'' |
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"<a HREF="http://www.anyhere.com/gward/papers/cic01.pdf">High Dynamic Range Imaging</a>," |
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Proceedings of the Ninth Color Imaging Conference, November 2001. |
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``<a HREF="http://www.anyhere.com/gward/papers/tog99.pdf"> |
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"<a HREF="http://www.anyhere.com/gward/papers/tog99.pdf"> |
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The Holodeck Ray Cache: An Interactive Rendering System for Global Illumination in Nondiffuse |
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<li>Larson, G.W., ``<a HREF="http://www.anyhere.com/gward/papers/ewp98.pdf">The Holodeck: A Parallel |
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Environments</a>," ACM Transactions on Graphics, 18(4):361-98, October 1999. |
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<li>Larson, G.W., "<a HREF="http://www.anyhere.com/gward/papers/ewp98.pdf">The Holodeck: A Parallel |
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Ray-caching Rendering System</a>," Proceedings of the Second |
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Eurographics Workshop on Parallel Graphics and Visualisation, |
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September 1998. |
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<li>Larson, G.W. and R.A. Shakespeare, |
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the Art and Science of Lighting Visualization</em></a>, |
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Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1998. |
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<li>Larson, G.W., H. Rushmeier, C. Piatko, |
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``<a HREF="http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/lbnl39882/tonemap.pdf">A Visibility |
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"<a HREF="http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/lbnl39882/tonemap.pdf">A Visibility |
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Matching Tone Reproduction Operator for |
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High Dynamic Range Scenes</a>,'' LBNL Technical Report 39882, |
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High Dynamic Range Scenes</a>," LBNL Technical Report 39882, |
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January 1997. |
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<li>Ward, G., ``<a HREF="http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/erw95.1/paper.html">Making |
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Global Illumination User-Friendly</a>,'' Sixth |
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<li>Ward, G., "<a HREF="http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/erw95.1/paper.html">Making |
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Global Illumination User-Friendly</a>," Sixth |
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Eurographics Workshop on Rendering, Springer-Verlag, |
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Dublin, Ireland, June 1995.</li> |
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<li>Rushmeier, H., G. Ward, C. Piatko, P. Sanders, B. Rust, |
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``<a HREF="http://radsite.lbl.gov/mgf/compare.html"> |
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Comparing Real and Synthetic Images: Some Ideas about |
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Metrics</a>,'' Sixth Eurographics Workshop on Rendering, |
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Metrics</a>," Sixth Eurographics Workshop on Rendering, |
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Springer-Verlag, Dublin, Ireland, June 1995.</li> |
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<li>Ward, G., ``<a HREF="http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/sg94.1/paper.html">The RADIANCE |
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Graphics</em>, July 1994.</li> |
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Preserving Non-Linear Filters</a>,'' <em>Computer |
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<li>Rushmeier, H., G. Ward, "<a HREF="http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/sg94.2/energy.html">Energy |
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Preserving Non-Linear Filters</a>," <em>Computer |
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Graphics</em>, July 1994.</li> |
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<li>Ward, G., ``A Contrast-Based Scalefactor for Luminance |
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Display,'' <em>Graphics Gems IV</em>, Edited by Paul Heckbert, |
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Display," <em>Graphics Gems IV</em>, Edited by Paul Heckbert, |
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Academic Press 1994.</li> |
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<li>Ward, G., ``<a HREF="http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/sg92/paper.html">Measuring and |
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Modeling Anisotropic Reflection</a>,'' <em>Computer |
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<li>Ward, G., "<a HREF="http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/sg92/paper.html">Measuring and |
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Modeling Anisotropic Reflection</a>," <em>Computer |
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Graphics</em>, Vol. 26, No. 2, July 1992. </li> |
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<li>Ward, G., P. Heckbert, ``<a HREF="http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/erw92/paper.html">Irradiance |
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Gradients</a>,'' Third Annual Eurographics Workshop on |
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<li>Ward, G., P. Heckbert, "<a HREF="http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/erw92/paper.html">Irradiance |
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Gradients</a>," Third Annual Eurographics Workshop on |
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Rendering, Springer-Verlag, May 1992. </li> |
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<li>Ward, G., ``<a HREF="http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/erw91/erw91.html">Adaptive Shadow |
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<li>Ward, G., "<a HREF="http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/erw91/erw91.html">Adaptive Shadow |
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Testing for Ray Tracing</a>" Photorealistic Rendering in |
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Computer Graphics, proceedings of 1991 Eurographics |
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Rendering Workshop, edited by P. Brunet and F.W. Jansen, |
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Springer-Verlag. </li> |
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<li>Ward, G., ``Visualization,'' <em>Lighting Design and |
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<li>Ward, G., "Visualization," <em>Lighting Design and |
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Application</em>, Vol. 20, No. 6, June 1990. </li> |
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<li>Ward, G., F. Rubinstein, R. Clear, ``<a HREF="http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/sg88/paper.html">A Ray Tracing Solution for |
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Diffuse Interreflection</a>,'' <em>Computer Graphics</em>, |
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<li>Ward, G., F. Rubinstein, R. Clear, "<a HREF="http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/sg88/paper.html">A Ray Tracing Solution for |
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Diffuse Interreflection</a>," <em>Computer Graphics</em>, |
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Vol. 22, No. 4, August 1988. </li> |
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<li>Ward, G., F. Rubinstein, ``A New Technique for Computer |
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Simulation of Illuminated Spaces,'' <em>Journal of the |
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<li>Ward, G., F. Rubinstein, "A New Technique for Computer |
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Simulation of Illuminated Spaces," <em>Journal of the |
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Illuminating Engineering Society</em>, Vol. 17, No. 1, |
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Winter 1988. </li> |
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<a HREF="#Metdata">Metdata</a> |
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<a HREF="#Transdata">Transdata</a> |
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<a HREF="#BSDF">BSDF</a> |
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