PV227 GPU Rendering
Marek Vinkler
Department of Computer Graphics and Design
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Textures
procedural textures,
stripes,
bricks,
“random” (fractal).
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Texture Coordinates
usually model specific,
red → .s,
green → .t.
Figure: Visualization of texture coordinates
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Texture Stripes
interleave two colors in regular pattern,
divide the [0,1] s-coordinate into multiple [0,1] ranges.
Figure: Stripe pattern
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Texture Stripes – Color Mixing
mix the two colors based on the position inside range,
smooth the transition.
Figure: Taken from lighthouse3d.com
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Texture Stripes – Smooth Interpolation
f = smoothstep(0.4f, 0.5f, x);
f = smoothstep(0.9f, 1.0f, x);
f = smoothstep(0.4f, 0.5f, x) − smoothstep(0.9f, 1.0f, x);
Figure: Taken from lighthouse3d.com
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Brick 2D
generating brick pattern in 2D,
local space position or texture coordinate.
Figure: Brick pattern in 2D
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Brick 2D – Schematics
uniforms define the brick pattern,
choose between the colors based on position relative to
BrickPct.
Figure: Taken from pearsoncmg.com
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Brick 2D – Offset
transform 3D space coordinates into 2D brick coordinates,
compute the zigzag brick offset.
Figure: Taken from pearsoncmg.com
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Brick 3D
generate brick pattern in 3D,
local space position or texture coordinate.
Figure: Brick pattern in 3D
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Brick 3D – Offset
same algorithm,
zigzag brick offset needs logical XOR: A != B.
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Fractals
repeating the same pattern over and over,
often starts from random values.
Figure: Fractal
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Fractional Brownian Motion
sum of a repeated pattern,
half the amplitude, twice the frequency.
1 f l o a t fbm ( vec3 p )
2 {
3 f l o a t f = 0. f ;
4 f += 0.5000 f ∗ cnoise ( p ) ; p ∗= 2.02 f ;
5 f += 0.2500 f ∗ cnoise ( p ) ; p ∗= 2.03 f ;
6 f += 0.1250 f ∗ cnoise ( p ) ; p ∗= 2.01 f ;
7 f += 0.0625 f ∗ cnoise ( p ) ; p ∗= 2.04 f ;
8 f /= 0.9375 f ;
9
10 return f ;
11 }
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Fractional Brownian Motion – Iterations
fp = vec3(fbm(p));
ffp = vec3(fbm(p + fp));
fffp = vec3(fbm(p + ffp));
Figure: Increasingly detailed pattern
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Good-looking Fractals
combination of fixed constants and fbms,
coefficients for mixing colors,
look into the source code.
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