SpongeCake: A Layered Microflake Surface Appearance Model

doi:10.1145/3546940

SpongeCake: A Layered Microflake Surface Appearance Model

2022-09-14

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DOI：10.1145/3546940

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In this article, we propose SpongeCake: A layered BSDF model where each layer is a volumetric scattering medium, defined using microflake or other phase functions. We omit any reflecting and refracting interfaces between the layers. The first advantage of this formulation is that an exact and analytic solution for single scattering, regardless of the number of volumetric layers, can be derived. We propose to approximatemultiple scattering by an additional single-scattering lobe with modified parameters and a Lambertian lobe. We use a parameter mapping neural network to find the parameters of the newly added lobes to closely approximate the multiple scattering effect. Despite the absence of layer interfaces, we demonstrate that many common material effects can be achieved with layers of SGGX microflake and other volumes with appropriate parameters. A normal mapping effect can also be achieved through mapping of microflake orientations, which avoids artifacts common in standard normal maps. Thanks to the analytical formulation, our model is very fast to evaluate and sample. Through various parameter settings, our model is able to handle many types of materials, like plastics, wood, cloth, and so on, opening a number of practical applications.

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Microflake

layered BSDF

multiple scattering

SpongeCake: A Layered Microflake Surface Appearance Model

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