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Object-Oriented Design for Image Synthesis

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Programming Paradigms in Graphics

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The structure of the image synthesis process naturally leads to the use of object-oriented software design and many existing rendering systems are based on some kind of object-oriented approach. However, some areas in image synthesis, such as global illumination, were considered to violate some fundamental principles of object-orientation. In this paper, we suggest a design approach which overcomes this apparent inconsistencies and allows for a uniform use of object-oriented techniques in image synthesis. The second part of the paper discusses attributes in hierarchical scene descriptions using a new object-oriented approach.

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  1. IMMD IX — Graphische Datenverarbeitung, Universität Erlangen, Am Weichselgarten 9, D-91058, Erlangen, Germany

    Philipp Slusallek & Hans-Peter Seidel

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Remco C. Veltkamp

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

    Edwin H. Blake

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Slusallek, P., Seidel, HP. (1995). Object-Oriented Design for Image Synthesis. In: Veltkamp, R.C., Blake, E.H. (eds) Programming Paradigms in Graphics. Eurographics. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9457-7_3

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