ABSTRACT

Shadow Algorithms Data Miner provides a high-level understanding of the complete set of shadow concepts and algorithms, addressing their usefulness from a larger graphics system perspective. It discusses the applicability and limitations of all the direct illumination approaches for shadow generation.With an emphasis on shadow fundamentals, the boo

chapter 1|24 pages

Preliminaries of Shadows

chapter 2|50 pages

Hard Shadows

chapter 4|42 pages

Soft Shadows

chapter 5|38 pages

Other Treatments of Shadows

chapter 6|12 pages

Applications of Shadow Algorithms

chapter 7|4 pages

Conclusions