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COMPUTER GRAPHICS & GEOMETRY

Issue Year: 2000
Date: Summer
Volume: 2
Number: 2
Pages: 80-99

Article Name: SIMULATION OF SPARKLES OF METALLIC PAINTS
Authors: Sergey V. Ershov, Andrei B. Khodulev, Konstantin V. Kolchin
Address: Sergey V. Ershov, Andrei B. Khodulev, Konstantin V. Kolchin Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russia
Abstract:

Metallic and pearlescent paints contain flakes and exhibit strong texture (spatial fluctuations of luminance) and sparkles (rare, extremely bright tiny points). We present an algorithm for calculating these texture and sparkles during image rendering.

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