Light

2/13/2001


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Table of Contents

Light

Outline

Light Transport

Physics of Light and Color

The Visible Spectrum

Color: What's There vs What We See

The Eye

The Fovea

Color Filters

Your Friend the Photon

Vision and Thought are One

Color Models

Color Spaces

HSV

Additive vs. Subtractive Color

Surface Reflection

PPT Slide

The Meaning of “Color”

Illumination

Types of Light Sources

More Light Sources

Diffuse Reflection

PPT Slide

Examples of Diffuse Illumination

Ambient + Diffuse Reflection

Further Simple Illumination Effects

Specular Reflection

Phong Illumination

Phong Illumination

Putting It All Together

Some Examples

OpenGL Materials

OpenGL Lighting

Index of Refraction

Transmission with Refraction

Shadows

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