Abstract
Shadows are important in enhancing both the realism and the intelligibility of synthetic 2D images of 3D scenes. In order to determine which part of a scene is in shadow, numerous algorithms have been developed. The Z-buffer shadow algorithm and its descendants have proved to be both efficient and easy to implement. However, in casting shadows, the aliasing introduced by the Z-buffer point sampling is notorious. Therefore a new method that is based on a modification of the Z-buffer has been developed. This method deals with the aliasing problem but preserves the strengths of the Z-buffer algorithm. Moreover, as a side effect, the information stored in the modified Z-buffer allows accurate antialiasing of the resulting image.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 243-254 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | The Visual Computer |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1994 |
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van Ee, J., & Overveld, van, C. W. A. M. (1994). Casting shadows with approximated object space accuracy by means of a modified Z-buffer. The Visual Computer, 10(5), 243-254. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01901581