Making Pictures

• MPEG can produce blocking in the re-created image. This frame was captured from Torchwood, on the BBC iPlayer.
• Image formation an explanation of the optical basics.
• Point sampling is a problem.
• Iterated Functions Systems can produce complx patterns from a small amount of data.
• Collision detection is a problem. From Tomb Raider (copyright Eidos).
• VRML-rendered scene, Gouraud style.
• Rendering triangles These examples are from Tomb Raider (copyright Eidos).
• Billboard texture These examples are from Morrowind (copyright Eidos).
• Bounding plane These examples are from Morrowind (copyright Eidos).
• Inside or outside? These examples are from Morrowind (copyright Eidos).
• Repositioning the avatar These examples are from Tomb Raider (copyright Eidos).
• The following examples are all taken from Watt and Policarpo: "3D Games - Real-time Rendering and Software Technology" (Addison Wesley). Copyright remains with the authors of that book and those they acknowledge.
  • Shading techniques
  • Phong shading
  • Mapping techniques
• Ray tracing
• Radiosity
• Half tone methods
• Insufficient computer graphics! This is a shot from the opening sequence of the James Bond movie, Goldeneye. For a brief instant, the frame includes the production crew, vans and all: the top of the dam wall is supposed to be empty. This picture should have been reframed or retouched!
• No need for computers. Forget word processing, forget text justification algorithms, see what can be done by hand. Look at the even columns and regular spacing.