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Texturing & Modeling. A Procedural Approach by Ebert D.S. etc. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Texturing & Modeling. A Procedural Approach about?
Издательство Morgan Kaufmann, 2003, -806 pp. What is a realistic image? This is an age-old question in art, and a contemporary question in computer graphics. This book provides a modern answer involving the computer and a new definition of realism. The classic definition of realism has been veridical realism. Does the picture pass the comparison test? That is, would an observer judge the picture to be real? This is traditionally described by Pliny's story (in Book 35 of his Natural History) of the ancient painter Zeuxis who painted a picture of a boy carrying some grapes, and when the birds flew up to the picture, he approached the work and, in irritation, said, ''I have painted the grapes better than the boy, for if I had rendered him perfectly, the birds would have been afraid." Nowadays the ultimate in fooling the eye is special effects in the movies. Almost every movie involves hundreds of special effects that are seamlessly combined with live action. It is impossible to tell what is real and what is synthesized. Equally amazing are full-length, computer-generated pictures such as Shrek. Although few would be fooled into believing these worlds are real, it is more the artistic
Who reads Texturing & Modeling. A Procedural Approach?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ebert D.S. etc.
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Computer Science, Stem