Light Scattering Models for the Realistic Rendering of Natural Scenes

Image synthesis of realistic 3-dimensional models is one of the most widely researched fields these days. Display of natural scenes such as mountains, trees, the earth, and the sea, have been attempted. This paper discusses shading models for volumetric objects in natural scenes.

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