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Skybuck Flying
May 19
How to do isometric projection ?
Hello, The video game X-Com and OpenXcom uses isometric projection. Others and me I have partially
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How to do isometric projection ?
Hello, The video game X-Com and OpenXcom uses isometric projection. Others and me I have partially
May 19
Skybuck Flying
May 17
How to use API for PBRT (v4) ?
Hello, My first posting to this group: I am investigating the possibilities of PBRT, especially v4.
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How to use API for PBRT (v4) ?
Hello, My first posting to this group: I am investigating the possibilities of PBRT, especially v4.
May 17
Bill Katz
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Hugo Osornio
5
May 3
Status on online version of pbrt-v4 book?
Bill, I saw your recommendation for Alvy Ray's book, I grabbed a copy and I loved it, thanks for
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Status on online version of pbrt-v4 book?
Bill, I saw your recommendation for Alvy Ray's book, I grabbed a copy and I loved it, thanks for
May 3
fooi...@gmail.com
Mar 28
Lidar simulator
Has anybody writen a plugin for a LIDAR simulator in pbrt?
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Lidar simulator
Has anybody writen a plugin for a LIDAR simulator in pbrt?
Mar 28
S L
Mar 20
Confused on Photon count
Hello, I am trying to do a GPU implementation of SPPM, then I found out it's quite difficult
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Confused on Photon count
Hello, I am trying to do a GPU implementation of SPPM, then I found out it's quite difficult
Mar 20
Bill Katz
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Matt Pharr
3
Mar 16
Question on nanovdb medium handling
Hi, Matt, I upgraded my Github to increase the Git LFS storage, so you should be able to clone the
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Question on nanovdb medium handling
Hi, Matt, I upgraded my Github to increase the Git LFS storage, so you should be able to clone the
Mar 16
ARU RANJAN SINGH
2
Feb 22
Black marks on bump mapped area.
Hi all, It could be my second post for the same issue. I can not see my first post in the group so
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Black marks on bump mapped area.
Hi all, It could be my second post for the same issue. I can not see my first post in the group so
Feb 22
Bartłomiej Siwek
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Matt Pharr
4
Feb 1
Path regularization?
Hi again, I had a bit of a delay in looking at the regularization code due to some work coming in,
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Path regularization?
Hi again, I had a bit of a delay in looking at the regularization code due to some work coming in,
Feb 1
Pramod Kotipalli
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Matt Pharr
4
Jan 20
Web based display server for pbrt-v4
Quick follow up: Do you have recommendations on simple tools that can expose a computer to a public
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Web based display server for pbrt-v4
Quick follow up: Do you have recommendations on simple tools that can expose a computer to a public
Jan 20
Chris Guiney
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Matt Pharr
2
12/25/21
pbrt-v4: cooperative atomic queues?
On Dec 24, 2021, at 2:31 PM, Chris Guiney <chris@guiney.net> wrote: I'm reading through the
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pbrt-v4: cooperative atomic queues?
On Dec 24, 2021, at 2:31 PM, Chris Guiney <chris@guiney.net> wrote: I'm reading through the
12/25/21
Solid State
12/22/21
projection light sampling
Hi, Looking at the code, I don't see where interpolation over the projected image actually takes
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projection light sampling
Hi, Looking at the code, I don't see where interpolation over the projected image actually takes
12/22/21
S L
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Matt Pharr
2
12/12/21
Multiple Importance Sampling >> The one-sample model from Veech
The one sample method does work (for example, the 4th edition of pbrt uses it in the volume
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Multiple Importance Sampling >> The one-sample model from Veech
The one sample method does work (for example, the 4th edition of pbrt uses it in the volume
12/12/21
Willie George
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asif ali
2
12/4/21
Questions about Creating a Coordinate System from a Vector
The construction method is from this paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10867651.1999
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Questions about Creating a Coordinate System from a Vector
The construction method is from this paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10867651.1999
12/4/21
joey keys
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jdb.w...@gmail.com
8
10/28/21
blender addon for pbrt
I had to fiddle around a while as well to make even the default scene render. I think you should
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blender addon for pbrt
I had to fiddle around a while as well to make even the default scene render. I think you should
10/28/21
Zsolt Ero
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Matt Pharr
3
10/11/21
Understanding area lights
Thank you for the help. With the cosine factor, I was able to figure out the analytical solution (
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Understanding area lights
Thank you for the help. With the cosine factor, I was able to figure out the analytical solution (
10/11/21
trevorda...@gmail.com
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Matt Pharr
3
9/13/21
Hero Wavelength Sampling in PBRT-v4
Yep! Here is what I think is an accurate summary: - pbrt-v4 uses stratified wavelength clusters to
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Hero Wavelength Sampling in PBRT-v4
Yep! Here is what I think is an accurate summary: - pbrt-v4 uses stratified wavelength clusters to
9/13/21
Aleksandar Babic
8/10/21
How to use pbrt to generate segmentation masks
Hi, what is the best way to leverage pbrt in order to get segmentation masks for suervise deep
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How to use pbrt to generate segmentation masks
Hi, what is the best way to leverage pbrt in order to get segmentation masks for suervise deep
8/10/21
Arthur Dubois
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Matt Pharr
5
7/28/21
What's the best way to render a screen ?
Yes I'm running debug build, and the file is about 350 Mo with 4 millions lines. The texture
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What's the best way to render a screen ?
Yes I'm running debug build, and the file is about 350 Mo with 4 millions lines. The texture
7/28/21
Aleksandar Babic
7/20/21
VisibleSurface hits difference when using perspective and realistic camera
Hi, I have a simple scene; plane (covers whole field of view) at some distance from a camera. I'm
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VisibleSurface hits difference when using perspective and realistic camera
Hi, I have a simple scene; plane (covers whole field of view) at some distance from a camera. I'm
7/20/21
Aleksandar Babic
7/19/21
pbrt-v4: How to obtain depth image?
Hi, I'm looking into gbuffer as it is saving additional image channels. I want to be able to
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pbrt-v4: How to obtain depth image?
Hi, I'm looking into gbuffer as it is saving additional image channels. I want to be able to
7/19/21
Un Flic
6/22/21
An article arguing in favor of Schlick's approximation in RGB renderers
Hello guys and gals, Decided that this could be interesting for you, especially for those like me who
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An article arguing in favor of Schlick's approximation in RGB renderers
Hello guys and gals, Decided that this could be interesting for you, especially for those like me who
6/22/21
Zohar Levi
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Matt Pharr
5
5/11/21
Water material
Okay, thanks. On 11/5/21 12:27, Matt Pharr wrote: > On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 6:56 AM Zohar Levi
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Water material
Okay, thanks. On 11/5/21 12:27, Matt Pharr wrote: > On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 6:56 AM Zohar Levi
5/11/21
Matt Pharr
,
lingling fan_focus
3
5/11/21
git repository of the contents of the online edition of the book
There is not. THanks, Matt On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 7:58 AM lingling fan_focus <linglingfan.focus@
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git repository of the contents of the online edition of the book
There is not. THanks, Matt On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 7:58 AM lingling fan_focus <linglingfan.focus@
5/11/21
Aleksandar Babic
5/10/21
Projection Light with lenses?
Hi, Any ideas/suggestion on how one would go about adding lenses to projection lights? This would
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Projection Light with lenses?
Hi, Any ideas/suggestion on how one would go about adding lenses to projection lights? This would
5/10/21
Aleksandar Babic
,
Matt Pharr
3
5/7/21
Can one specify sampled SPD for light sources?
Many thanks for the hint. Cheers Matt. On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 4:10 PM Matt Pharr <matt.pharr@gmail
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Can one specify sampled SPD for light sources?
Many thanks for the hint. Cheers Matt. On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 4:10 PM Matt Pharr <matt.pharr@gmail
5/7/21
Aleksandar Babic
,
Matt Pharr
3
5/7/21
How to obtain Bayer RAW image for a scene
This seems like good approach. Many thanks Matt. On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 4:05 PM Matt Pharr <matt.
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How to obtain Bayer RAW image for a scene
This seems like good approach. Many thanks Matt. On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 4:05 PM Matt Pharr <matt.
5/7/21
Sid Ancha
,
Matt Pharr
2
4/13/21
Online textbook has gone down
We made some changes to the hosting / DNS for the site this morning; I thought everything was working
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Online textbook has gone down
We made some changes to the hosting / DNS for the site this morning; I thought everything was working
4/13/21
Erfan Ahmadi
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Un Flic
4
4/9/21
Writing my PBR-Renderer as I proceed through the book
Thanks you so much for the details, this is really helpful On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 10:29:53 PM
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Writing my PBR-Renderer as I proceed through the book
Thanks you so much for the details, this is really helpful On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 10:29:53 PM
4/9/21
Un Flic
,
Greg Humphreys
3
4/7/21
Would somebody help me with equation 14.1 ?
Hello Greg, Thank you for your input. I think I figured it out, thanks to "Microfacet Models for
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Would somebody help me with equation 14.1 ?
Hello Greg, Thank you for your input. I think I figured it out, thanks to "Microfacet Models for
4/7/21
Volodymyr Kachurovskyi
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Sid Ancha
4
4/2/21
Some bugs related to refractive materials
Hi, Have these bugs (specifically #3) been fixed? Equation 16.6 in the book (LINK) seems to have
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Some bugs related to refractive materials
Hi, Have these bugs (specifically #3) been fixed? Equation 16.6 in the book (LINK) seems to have
4/2/21