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Bidirectional scattering distribution function

The definition of the bidirectional scattering distribution function (BSDF) is not well standardized. The term was probably introduced in 1980 by Bartell, Dereniak, and Wolfe. Most often it is used to name the general mathematical function which describes the way in which the light is scattered by a surface. However, in practice, this phenomenon is…

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Bidirectional scattering distribution function

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Bidirectional scattering distribution function → BDF, Bidirectional, BRDF, BSDF, BSDFs, BSSDF, BSSRDF, BSSTDF, BTDF, In, Open Shading Language, OSL, RDF, SSS, The BSSRDF

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function light bsdf brdf bidirectional distribution surface btdf scattering term reflectance subsurface used scattered reflected black box angles output 3d

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Open Shading Languageinstance ofIn modern rendering standards0.80text
Bidirectional scattering distribution functionrelated to overviewBRDF0.60section
Bidirectional scattering distribution functionrelated to overviewBidirectional0.60section
Bidirectional scattering distribution functionrelated to overviewBSSRDF0.60section
Bidirectional scattering distribution functionrelated to overviewBTDF0.60section
Bidirectional scattering distribution functionrelated to overviewBDF0.60section
Bidirectional scattering distribution functionrelated to overviewBSDF0.60section
Bidirectional scattering distribution functionrelated to overviewIn0.60section
Bidirectional scattering distribution functionrelated to overviewOpen Shading Language0.60section
Bidirectional scattering distribution functionrelated to overviewOSL0.60section
Bidirectional scattering distribution functionrelated to overviewBSDFs0.60section
Bidirectional scattering distribution functionrelated to overviewRDF0.60section

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