Recent years have witnessed significant progress in example-based texture synthesis
algorithms. Given an example texture, these methods produce a larger texture that is tailored …

Flavobacteria, which can be found in marine environments, are able to grow in highly
organized colonies producing vivid iridescent colorations. While much is known about the …

Computer graphics systems are capable of generating stunningly realistic images of objects
that have never physically existed. In order for computers to create these accurately detailed …

Stone is widespread in its use as a building material and artistic medium. One of its most
remarkable qualities is that it changes appearance as it interacts with the environment …

We present an intuitive and efficient method for editing the appearance of complex spatially-
varying datasets, such as images and measured materials. In our framework, users specify …

Virtual reality (VR) is a scientific method and technology created during the exploration of
the nature by human beings to understand, simulate, and better adapt and use the nature …

Algorithms for scene understanding and realistic image synthesis require accurate models
of the way real-world materials scatter light. This study describes recent work in the graphics …

The visual appearance of many materials is created by micro-scale details of their surface
geometry. In this article, we investigate a new approach to capturing the appearance of …

We present a new technique for the visual modeling of spatiallyvarying anisotropic
reflectance using data captured from a single view. Reflectance is represented using a …

The quality and speed of most texture synthesis algorithms depend on a 2D input sample
that is small and contains enough texture variations. However, little research exists on how …