BRDF-based Lighting

Last Updated: 10/31/2000

These docs cover using BRDF-based lighting in real-time apps. They begin from the basics ("What is a BRDF?") to actual implementation details. Source code for generation of textures for use with BRDF-based lighting is included.

An Introduction to BRDF-based Lighting (.doc) ( 161 KB) An Introduction to BRDF-based Lighting (.pdf) ( 159 KB) BRDF viewing app in OpenGL (.zip) ( 904 KB) Real-Time BRDF-based Lighting Using Cubemaps (.doc) ( 381 KB) Real-Time BRDF-based Lighting Using Cubemaps (.pdf) ( 190 KB) Sample texture creation code (.zip) ( 18 KB)