Notes

Working notes on rendering theory and papers, organized by topic rather than by language. This index now carries the new visual direction while every article continues to open under the established /blog/ routes with its existing LaTeX, citations, and renderer intact.

Three threads

Five article editions across three related rendering topics.

Appearance theory

NDF and Microfacet Model

A derivation-focused note on microsurfaces, normal distributions, masking, and the general microfacet model.

D(ωₘ)

Compressive sensing · Rendering

Compressive Rendering Sensing

Reframing rendering as sparse reconstruction instead of producing every pixel before compression.

Compressive sensing · Light transport

Compressive Light Transport Sensing

From sparse signals and underdetermined systems to compressive measurements of light transport.