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Non-Photorealistic Computer Graphics

by Thomas Strothotte, Stefan Schlechtweg

April 2002

Intermediate to advanced

496 pages

12h 34m

English

Morgan Kaufmann

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1.1 Before and After Photorealism1.2 Non-Photorealistic Rendering1.3 Approaches to Algorithms for NPR1.4 Visions for NPRExercisesBibliographic Notes
2.1 Halftoning Methods2.2 Screening2.3 Stippling2.4 Image MosaicsExercisesBibliographic Notes

3.1 Drawing “Incorrect” Lines3.2 Drawing “Artistic” Lines—The Path and Style Metaphor3.3 A Generalization: Multiresolution Curves3.4 Comparison of the Line-Drawing MethodsExercisesBibliographic Notes
4.1 Simulating Painting with Wet Paint4.2 Simulating Pencils Drawing on Paper4.3 Simulating Woodcuts and EngravingsExercisesBibliographic Notes
5.1 Strokes and Stroke Textures5.2 Detail and Orientation5.3 Rescaling Stroke-Based ImagesExercisesBibliographic Notes
6.1 G-Buffers6.2 Operations on G-Buffers6.3 Comprehensible Rendering6.4 Interactive Painting6.5 3D Parameters for 2D DitheringExercisesBibliographic Notes
7.1 Geometric Models as Data Types7.2 Polygonal Models7.3 Free-Form SurfacesExercisesBibliographic Notes
8.1 Conveying Shape Versus Illumination8.2 A Basic Lighting Model8.3 Colored Illustrations8.4 A Component-Based Lighting Model8.5 Implementation IssuesExercisesBibliographic Notes
9.1 Image-Space Distortion9.2 Object-Space Distortion9.3 Making Distortions Comprehensible9.4 Distortions in an Animated ContextExercisesBibliographic Notes
10.1 Non-Photorealistic Animation10.2 Architectural Illustrations10.3 Rendering Plants10.4 Illustrating Medical and Technical Texts10.5 Tactile Rendering for Blind PeopleExercisesBibliographic Notes
11.1 Methodological Disclaimer11.2 Mathematical Preliminaries: Equivalence Relations, Equivalence Classes, and Quotients11.3 Physical Preliminaries: Communication via Light Rays11.4 Neurobiological Context: Look-Ahead Sets and Look-Around Sets11.5 A Model for Visual Communication11.6 Summary and Practical Connection with NPR

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Dedication

For my daughter Josephine (born 8 November 1995), already a frequent computer graphics conference attendee, and my son George (born 17 November 2000).

— THOMAS

Meiner Familie – meinen Eltern und meiner Großmutter – gewidmet. Im Andenken an meinen Großvater.

— STEFAN