Some notes of realtime shadows

Some notes of realtime shadows

Poisson disk shadow blur

• ShaderX3 "5.1 Poisson Shadow Blur by Jason Mitchell"
  • http://www.shaderx3.com/Tables%20of%20Content.htm

• Tutorial 16 : Shadow mapping
  • http://www.opengl-tutorial.org/jp/intermediate-tutorials/tutorial-16-shadow-mapping/

• "Stochastic Sampling in Computer Graphics" Cook. 1986
  • http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/academic/class/15869-f11/www/readings/cook86_sampling.pdf

PCF

• "Rendering Antialiased Shadows with Depth Maps" 1987
  • http://graphics.pixar.com/library/ShadowMaps/paper.pdf

• "Shadow Map Antialiasing" Michael Bunnell. GPU Gems 1
  • http://http.developer.nvidia.com/GPUGems/gpugems_ch11.html

soft shadows

• "Advanced Soft Shadow Mapping Techniques" GDC2008
  • http://developer.download.nvidia.com/presentations/2008/GDC/GDC08_SoftShadowMapping.pdf
• "Soft Shadow Mapping" CodeFlow
  • http://codeflow.org/entries/2013/feb/15/soft-shadow-mapping/

Poisson PCF soft shadow

• "Finding Next Gen CryENGINE 2" SIGGRAPH 2007
  • http://www.crytek.com/download/Mittring-Finding_NextGen_CryEngine2_Siggraph07.ppt
• "Secrets of CryENGINE 3 Graphics Technology" SIGGRAPH 2011
  • http://www.crytek.com/download/S2011_SecretsCryENGINE3Tech.ppt
• "Playing with Real-Time Shadows" SIGGRAPH 2013
  • http://www.crytek.com/download/Playing%20with%20Real-Time%20Shadows.pdf

• "Poisson Disk Sampling" DevMag
  • http://devmag.org.za/2009/05/03/poisson-disk-sampling/
• "A Spatial Data Structure for Fast Poisson-Disk Sample Generation" SIGGRAPH 2006
  • http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~gfx/pubs/antimony/antimony.pdf
• "Fast Poisson Disk Sampling in Arbitrary Dimensions" SIGGRAPH 2007
  • http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~rbridson/docs/bridson-siggraph07-poissondisk.pdf

PCSS

• shadow PCSS (NVidia)
  • http://developer.download.nvidia.com/shaderlibrary/webpages/screenshots/hlsl/shadow_PCSS.html
• "Percentage Percentage-Closer Soft Shadows" GDC 2005
  • http://http.download.nvidia.com/developer/presentations/2005/GDC/Sponsored_Day/Percentage_Closer_Soft_Shadows.pdf
• D3D Soft Shadows Sample
  • http://docs.nvidia.com/gameworks/content/gameworkslibrary/graphicssamples/d3d_samples/d3dsoftshadowssample.htm
• http://developer.download.nvidia.com/whitepapers/2008/PCSS_Integration.pdf
• http://faculty.ycp.edu/~dbabcock/PastCourses/cs470/labs/lab16.html

Contact Hardening shadows

• http://docs.nvidia.com/gameworks/content/gameworkslibrary/graphicssamples/d3d_samples/d3dsoftshadowssample.htm
• https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/D3DSamples
• http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/graphics-development/amd-radeon-sdk/archive/
• https://msdn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/library/ee416562(v=vs.85).aspx
• AMD 2012 : http://amd-dev.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/TakingAdvantageofDirect3D10.pps

Back projection

• "Real-time soft shadow mapping by backprojection" EGSR 2006
  • slide : http://www.labri.fr/perso/guenneba/docs/SoftShadowMapping-egsr06-slides.pdf
  • paper : http://www.irit.fr/recherches/VORTEX/publications/rendu-geometrie/EGSR2006_Guennebaud_et_al.pdf
• "Real Time Area Lighting Now and Next" Geomerics
  • http://www.geomerics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/AltDevConf-SamMartin-RealTimeAreaLighting.pdf

Convolution shadow Maps

• "Convolution Shadow Maps"
  • http://web4.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/j.kautz/publications/csmEGSR07.pdf
• Real-time, All-frequency Shadows in Dynamic Scenes
  • http://flycooler.com/SIG08_CSSM.html
• "Rendering the Alternate History of The Order: 1886" SIGGRAPH 2015
  • http://advances.realtimerendering.com/s2015/index.html

Exponential Shadow Maps

• "Exponential Shadow Maps" 2008
  • http://web4.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/j.kautz/publications/esm_gi08.pdf
• Improvements for shadow mapping in OpenGL and GLSL
  • http://www.sunandblackcat.com/tipFullView.php?l=eng&topicid=35

Screen Space shadow blur

• Blur Deferred Shadow Mask
  • http://international.download.nvidia.com/geforce-com/international/comparisons/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-tweak-guide/Skyrim-Tweak-Guide-BlurDeferredShadowMask-Comparison.html
• Shadow Masks
  • http://www.digitalrune.com/Blog/Post/1767/Shadow-Masks

Expoential Variance Shadow Maps (EVSM)

• "Rendering Antialiased Shadows usingWarped Variance Shadow Maps" Andrew Lauritzen. Master’s thesis, University of Waterloo, 2008.
  • https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/bitstream/handle/10012/3640/andrew_lauritzen_mmath_thesis.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
• "Lighting Research at Bungie" SIGGRAPH 2009
  • dead link : http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=Siggraph_09
• "Rendering the Alternate History of The Order: 1886" SIGGRAPH 2015
  • http://advances.realtimerendering.com/s2015/
• "Comparing Shadow Mapping Techniques with Shadow Explorer" Intel 2011
  • https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/comparing-shadow-mapping-techniques-with-shadow-explorer
• "A SAMPLING OF SHADOW TECHNIQUES" MJP
  • https://mynameismjp.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/shadow-maps/
• Demo: Exponential Variance Shadow Map with Mip Maps
  • http://www.gamedev.net/topic/619034-demo-exponential-variance-shadow-map-with-mip-maps/

about shadow mapping

• MSDN "Common Techniques to Improve Shadow Depth Maps"a
  • https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ee416324%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
• MSDN "Cascaded Shadow Maps"
  • https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ee416307(v=vs.85).aspx
• Shadow Mapping
  • http://learnopengl.com/#!Advanced-Lighting/Shadows/Shadow-Mapping

others

• Colored shadows of transparent objects, e.g. colored glass
  • http://de.slideshare.net/philiphammer/the-rendering-technology-of-lords-of-the-fallen-game-connection-europe-2014
• Graphics Tech: Shadow Maps (part 2): Save 25% texture memory, and possibly much more.
  • http://the-witness.net/news/2010/04/graphics-tech-shadow-maps-part-2-save-25-texture-memory-and-possibly-much-more/
• Mike Day: #SIGGRAPH 2012 CSM Scrolling
  • http://www.insomniacgames.com/mike-day-siggraph-2012-csm-scrolling/

Notes of Deferred shadow

• "Playing with Real-Time Shadows" SIGGRAPH 2012
  • pdf : http://www.crytek.com/download/Playing%20with%20Real-Time%20Shadows.pdf
  • http://www.crytek.com/cryengine/presentations/playing-with-real-time-shadows

• "Deferred Cascaded Shadow Maps" Aras. 2009
  • http://aras-p.info/blog/2009/11/04/deferred-cascaded-shadow-maps/

• "Rendering techiques in Split/Second" 2009
  • http://www2.disney.co.uk/cms_res/blackrockstudio/pdf/Rendering_Techniques_in_SplitSecond.pdf

• "DEFERRED SHADOW MAPS SAMPLE" MJP 2009
  • https://mynameismjp.wordpress.com/the-museum/samples-tutorials-tools/deferred-shadow-maps-sample/

• "Toy Story 3 : The Video Game Rendering Techniques" SIGGRAPH 2010
  • http://advances.realtimerendering.com/s2010/Ownby,Hall%20and%20Hall%20-%20Toystory3%20(SIGGRAPH%202010%20Advanced%20RealTime%20Rendering%20Course).pdf

• "Shadows & Decals: D3D10 Techniques in FrostBite" GDC 2009
  • http://www.frostbite.com/2009/04/shadows-decals-d3d10-techniques-from-frostbite/

• "Rendering in Cars 2" SIGGRAPH 2011
  • pptx : http://advances.realtimerendering.com/s2011/Hall,%20Hall%20and%20Edwards%20-%20Rendering%20in%20Cars%202%20(Siggraph%202011%20Advances%20in%20Real-Time%20Rendering%20Course).pptx

• "GTA V - Graphics Study" 2015
  • http://www.adriancourreges.com/blog/2015/11/02/gta-v-graphics-study/

• "Screen Space Soft Shadows" GPU Pro1. 2010
  • https://www.crcpress.com/GPU-Pro-Advanced-Rendering-Techniques/Engel/9781568814728

• "Mipmapped Screen-Space Soft Shadows" GPU Pro 2. 2011
  • https://www.crcpress.com/GPU-Pro-2/Engel/9781568817187

• "Practical Screen Space Soft Shadows" GPU Pro 6. 2015
  • https://www.crcpress.com/GPU-Pro-6-Advanced-Rendering-Techniques/Engel/9781482264616

Notes of linear-Z for shadows maps

• Linearized Depth using Vertex Shaders
  • http://www.mvps.org/directx/articles/linear_z/linearz.htm
• Using WBuffers
  • http://www.mvps.org/directx/articles/using_w-buffers.htm
• Linear Depth
  • http://dev.theomader.com/linear-depth/
• D3DXMatrixPerspectiveFovLH function
  • https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb204944(v=vs.85).aspx
• Linear or non-linear shadow maps?
  • http://www.gamedev.net/topic/568014-linear-or-non-linear-shadow-maps/
• OpenGL Projection Matrix
  • http://www.songho.ca/opengl/gl_projectionmatrix.html
• The Z Coordinate and Perspective Projection
  • ftp://ftp.sgi.com/opengl/contrib/blythe/advanced99/notes/node28.html

Notes of Z-precision

• Maximizing Depth Buffer Range and Precision
  • http://outerra.blogspot.jp/2012/11/maximizing-depth-buffer-range-and.html
• Logarithmic Depth Buffer
  • http://outerra.blogspot.jp/2009/08/logarithmic-z-buffer.html
  • http://outerra.blogspot.jp/2013/07/logarithmic-depth-buffer-optimizations.html
  • http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/BranoKemen/20090812/85207/Logarithmic_Depth_Buffer.php
  • http://issues.worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/jira/secure/attachment/12105/Logarithmic+Depth+Buffer.pdf
• Learning to Love your Z-buffer.
  • http://www.sjbaker.org/steve/omniv/love_your_z_buffer.html
• Depth testing
  • http://learnopengl.com/#!Advanced-OpenGL/Depth-testing
• Depth Precision Visualized
  • https://developer.nvidia.com/content/depth-precision-visualized
• Depth Precision
  • http://dev.theomader.com/depth-precision/
• A couple of notes about Z
  • http://www.humus.name/index.php?page=Comments&ID=255
• Depth Buffer Precision
  • https://www.opengl.org/wiki/Depth_Buffer_Precision
• ATTACK OF THE DEPTH BUFFER
  • https://mynameismjp.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/attack-of-the-depth-buffer

Notes of depth-aware blur

• http://aras-p.info/blog/2009/09/17/strided-blur-and-other-tips-for-ssao/
• https://mtnphil.wordpress.com/2013/06/26/know-your-ssao-artifacts/
• "Scalable High Quality Motion Blur and Ambient Occlusion Scalable High Quality Motion Blur and Ambient Occlusion" SIGGRAPH 2012
  • http://advances.realtimerendering.com/s2012/Vicarious%20Visions/Vicarious%20Visions%20Siggraph%202012.pdf

Notes of key light/fill light

games

• "Shining the Light on Crysis 3" GDCE 2013
  • http://www.crytek.com/cryengine/presentations/shining-the-light-on-crysis-3

CG

• "Three-point lighting" Wikipedia
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-point_lighting
• Tutorials: Does three point lighting suck?
  • http://lightingpixels.blogspot.jp/2013/01/tutorials-does-three-point-lighting-suck.html
• Studio Lighting Basics
  • http://docs.mcneel.com/flamingo/nxt/help/en-us/lighting/studio_lighting_basics.htm

Photo

• Basic Interview Lighting Techniques. Part of the SMAPP series.
  • https://vimeo.com/39681309

• 3 point lighting
  • https://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse458/05au/reading/3point_lighting.pdf

• Free portrait lighting guide: 24 essential studio lighting set-ups
  • http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2015/09/14/free-portrait-lighting-guide-24-essential-studio-lighting-set-ups/

• 3 Point Lighting Couldn’t Be More Simple.
  • http://www.thefilmmakersworkshop.com/3-point-lighting/

• ライティングハンドブック
  • https://www.nacinc.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/47472e67121254052ff7ca861272d5e0.pdf
• 3灯照明の基本と応用
  • http://www.ediusworld.com/jp/pimopic/cat3_135.html
• ライティングの基本
  • http://www.doga.co.jp/~yamamoto/lighting/lighting_basis/lighting_basis.html
• 一眼レフカメラでの動画撮影入門講座 第3章 【ライティングの基本】
  • http://www.upitivity.com/beginnercourse-03/
• 理論２「三灯照明」
  • https://vimeo.com/104555609