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implement "importon mapping" #3

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snogglethorpe opened this issue May 25, 2011 · 0 comments
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implement "importon mapping" #3

snogglethorpe opened this issue May 25, 2011 · 0 comments

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Importon mapping is an initial forward-tracing pass before photon-mapping that shoots "importons" from the camera to the lights, and records where and in what direction the lights were hit; this info is then used to shoot more photons in important directions, making a given photon budget much more effective.

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