Advanced Global Illumination, 2/e (Hardcover)

This book provides a fundamental understanding of global illumination algorithms. It discusses a broad class of algorithms for realistic image synthesis and introduces a theoretical basis for the algorithms presented. Topics include: physics of light transport, Monte Carlo methods, general strategies for solving the rendering equation, stochastic path-tracing algorithms such as ray tracing and light tracing, stochastic radiosity including photon density estimation and hierarchical Monte Carlo radiosity, hybrid algorithms, metropolis light transport, irradiance caching, photon mapping and instant radiosity, beyond the rendering equation, image display and human perception. If you want to design and implement a global illumination rendering system or need to use and modify an existing system for your specific purpose, this book will give you the tools and the understanding to do so.

本書提供了對全局照明算法的基本理解。它討論了一類用於逼真圖像合成的算法，並介紹了這些算法的理論基礎。主題包括：光傳輸物理、蒙特卡羅方法、解決渲染方程的一般策略、隨機路徑追蹤算法（如光線追蹤和光線追蹤）、隨機輻射度（包括光子密度估計和分層蒙特卡羅輻射度）、混合算法、都市光傳輸、輻照度緩存、光子映射和即時輻射度、超越渲染方程、圖像顯示和人類感知。如果您想設計和實現一個全局照明渲染系統，或者需要使用和修改現有系統以滿足特定需求，本書將為您提供相應的工具和理解。