Year: 1985
Type: article
Abstract: Texturing is an effective method of simulating surface detail at relatively low cost. Traditionally, texture functions have been defined on the two-dimensional surface coordinate systems of individual surface patches. This paper introduces the notion of "solid texturing". Solid texturing uses texture functions defined throughout a region of three-dimensional space. Many nonhomogeneous materials, including wood and stone, may be more realistically rendered using solid texture functions. In addition, solid texturing can easily be applied to complex surface which are difficult to texture using two-dimensional texture functions. The paper gives examples of solid texture functions based on Fourier synthesis, stochastic texture models, projections of two-dimensional textures, and combinations of other solid textures.
Source: ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics
Author: Darwyn R. Peachey
Institution: University of Saskatchewan
Language: English
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2097177823