Point-Based Graphics

By: Hanspeter Pfister, Markus Gross

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Hardcover | 15 June 2007

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This book will present the latest research results in point-based computer graphics. After an overview of the key issues, affordable 3D scanning devices will be discussed and new concepts for the mathematical representation of point-sampled shapes will be presented. Then the authors will describe methods for high-performance and high-quality rendering of point models, including advanced shading, anti-aliasing, and transparency. The book will also present efficient data structures for hierarchical rendering on modern graphics processors (GPUs). In addition it will address methods for geometric processing, filtering and resampling of point models. The last part of the book will be devoted to "Pointshop3D," open-source software for the design of new algorithms for point-based graphics. Both editors have worked in computer graphics for many years and have pioneered the field of point-based graphics. They have published a large number of papers in journals and conferences on this topic. They have founded the IEEE/EUROGRAPHICS annual Symposium on Point-based Graphics, which was held this year for the second time. They also taught numerous courses on the topic at international conferences, including ACM SIGGRAPH and EUROGRAPHICS.
The first book on a major development in graphics by the pioneers in the field
* This technique allows 3D images to be manipulated as easily as Photoshop works with 2D images
* Includes CD-ROM with the open source software program Pointshop3D for experimentation with point graphics

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Non-Fiction Computing & I.T.Graphical & Digital Media Applications Computer Science Image Processing

Introduction	p. 1
The early history of point-based graphics	p. 9
Acquisition	p. 19
Acquisition of point-sampled geometry	p. 20
A practical low-cost scanner for geometry and appearance	p. 49
Point-based 3D photography	p. 66
Foundations and representations	p. 95
Surface reconstruction	p. 96
Moving least squares-based surface representations	p. 109
Sampling of point models	p. 127
Efficient data structures	p. 148
Real-time refinement	p. 165
Digital processing	p. 187
Preprocessing and filtering of point models	p. 188
3D editing and painting	p. 207
Shape modeling	p. 225
Rendering	p. 247
Splatting fundamentals	p. 248
GPU splatting	p. 271
Ray tracing of point models	p. 294
Rendering of very large models	p. 313
Sequential point trees	p. 327
Physics-based animation	p. 341
Meshless finite elements	p. 342
Animation of fracturing material	p. 358
Fluid simulation	p. 373
Selected topics	p. 389
Point-sampled 3D video	p. 390
Statistical representations	p. 407
Visualization of attributed 3D point datasets	p. 420
Point clouds and brick maps for movie productions	p. 435
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