Cumulus cloud synthetic rendering techniques and their evaluations

• Autorzy: Maskey M. , Newman T. S.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Three new techniques for synthesizing realistic renderings of cumulus clouds are introduced and evaluated. The techniques utilize variations of the Perlin Noise and Koch fractals to achieve a reasonable cloud-like shape and texture. To evaluate the quality of renderings produced by the techniques, three classes of texture features are considered using cluster quality measures. Rendering quality is also evaluated versus real images using shape and texture features.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Perlin noise; Koch curve; volume rendering; fractals; texture; rendering quality; content-based image retrieval (CBIR)

• Wydawca: Institute of Information Technology of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW
• Czasopismo: Machine Graphics and Vision
• Rocznik: 2005
• Tom: Vol. 14, No. 4
• Strony: 399--425
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 28 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Maskey M.

• Departament of Computer Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama, USA

autor

Newman T. S.

• Departament of Computer Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama, USA

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