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Rendering Plant Leaves
Faithfully
Oliver Franzke
(Dresden University of Technology)
Oliver Deussen
(University of Konstanz)
Contents
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Optical properties of plants
Previous approaches
The new method
Results
Optical properties of
plants
• have been studied for years
• are interesting for:
– computer graphics
– biologists
– architects
–…
• are very important, because we see plants
every day…
Optical properties of
plants
• a leaf consists of several layers
• each layer causes reflection, refraction and
scattering of light
Optical properties of
plants
• a BRDF of a real leaf looks like this:
Previous approaches
• early methods use:
– a stochastic model (Tucker and Garatt)
– a volumetric model (Govaerts et al.)
– a layered model (Baranoski and Rokne)
• each approach tries to be physically correct
– the main problem is the efficiency
– it is difficult to compute complex scenes or
animations
Previous approaches
• Jensen et al. presented a model
to render translucent materials quite fast
• Even highly scattering media can be
represented efficiently
• problems:
– difficult to describe heterogeneous materials
– veins of leaves: substructure information is very
important
The new method
Our goal:
render translucency in plants accurately and
efficiently i.e.
– calculate animations and/or complex scenes
– light source behind the leaf: one should see veins
and other sub-structures
– should be easy to render different types of plants
The new method
• real leaves are source for all required
information
• a set of seven texture maps is necessary to
describe the leaf
• images can be obtained with an ordinary
camera and a scanner
The new method
• adaxial and abaxial textures
The new method
• through-light, thickness and extinction
The new method
• bump and alpha map
The new method
Putting it all together:
• we trace the current view ray as it passes
through the leaf
• there are three layers
– The size of each layer is a fixed percentage of the
current thickness (Thickness map)
• the view ray is refracted at each boundary
• at each step, we have to sample all lights
The new method
The new method
• if the light source is at the same side as the
viewer, then we use the adaxial (or abaxial)
texture map
• otherwise we choose the through-light map
(the selected texture map stores the
reflected color…)
• the intensity of the light decreases
exponentially through passing the leaf
interior
The new method
Optimization/Simplification:
• sample the shadow just once
• approximate the multi-scattered light with an
small ambient term
Results
• the new model is a fast approach
… though it is not physically correct
• rendering time between
– some seconds for small scenes (2 leaves)
– 10 minutes for complex scenes
Results
• A simple plant…
Results
• A collection of different plants…
Results
• A tree…
Results
• Animations…
Future works
• improve rendering of larger plants (trees)
• full support of global illumination
• hardware oriented approximation
That‘s it...
Thank you for your attention!
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