“Real-time rendering of dynamic clouds” by Shimada, Shinya, Shiraishi and Harada
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- Real-time rendering of dynamic clouds
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Abstract:
This paper presents a fast cloud rendering method for dynamic scenes, where cloud shapes and lighting environments dynamically change. Although the Harris method [Harris and Lastra 2001] has been widely used for static cloud rendering, it can be fatally slow for real-time applications when, for example, light directions change. By introducing the 3D attenuation buffer and re-arranging the algorithm, we improved the rendering speeds of dynamic clouds by a factor of 10–100 times. The image quality is also improved due to a finer representation of light distribution.
References:
1. Harris, M. J., and Lastra, A. 2001. Real-Time Cloud Rendering. Computer Graphics Forum, 20, 3, 76–84.
