NDLI: An image synthesizer

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Perlin, Ken
Abstract	We introduce the concept of a Pixel Stream Editor. This forms the basis for an interactive synthesizer for designing highly realistic Computer Generated Imagery. The designer works in an interactive Very High Level programming environment which provides a very fast concept/implement/view iteration cycle.Naturalistic visual complexity is built up by composition of non-linear functions, as opposed to the more conventional texture mapping or growth model algorithms. Powerful primitives are included for creating controlled stochastic effects. We introduce the concept of "solid texture" to the field of CGI.We have used this system to create very convincing representations of clouds, fire, water, stars, marble, wood, rock, soap films and crystal. The algorithms created with this paradigm are generally extremely fast, highly realistic, and asynchronously parallelizable at the pixel level.
Starting Page	287
Ending Page	296
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00978930
DOI	10.1145/325165.325247
Journal	ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics (COMG)
Volume Number	19
Issue Number	3
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	1988-08-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Space function Turbulence Functional composition Interactive Fire Algorithm development Pixel stream editor Stochastic modelling Solid texture Waves
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Science Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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