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Interactive computer rendering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Paul Richens  and
Simon Schofield
Paul Richens
Affiliation:
The Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban StudiesUniversity of CambridgeDepartment of Architecture6 Chaucer RoadCambridge CB2 2EBUnited Kingdom
Simon Schofield
Affiliation:
The Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban StudiesUniversity of CambridgeDepartment of Architecture6 Chaucer RoadCambridge CB2 2EBUnited Kingdom
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Abstract

Interactive rendering combines the geometrical precision of classical computer graphics with the representational freedom of a paint program. It is more sympathetic to the ways in which designers use images, and overcomes many of the frustrations experienced in rendering from CAD models. The scene is generated in a standard viewing application, but saved as a specially enhanced raster image. The extra information allows the interactive renderer to apply brushed-on rendering effects which are sensitive to the perspective of the image. Effects can be applied locally or overall, and may be overlaid, blended and erased to create complex combinations. A huge range of treatments is obtainable, both photorealistic and not.

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arq: Architectural Research Quarterly , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , Autumn 1995 , pp. 82 - 91
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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