Physically Based Rendering/Shading ---------------------------------- https://www.marmoset.co/posts/basic-theory-of-physically-based-rendering/ - albedo: a color which describes the fractions of various colors of light that will scatter back out of a surface. “Diffuse color” is a phrase sometimes used synonymously. - Reflection - Diffusion - Energy conservation: - Reflection and diffusion are mutually exclusive. - Fresnel - Differing reflectivity that occurs at diffent angles - Microsurface - Gloss, smoothness, roughness. - BRDF - Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function. - Function of View and Light direction - f(l, v) - For a ray of incoming light from a given direction the BRDF function gives the distribution of outgoing light in all directions. - For a given view direction, the BRDF gives the relative contribution of each incoming direction. - The BRDF varies by light wavelength