Rendering (computer graphics): Revision history

23 May 2025

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22 May 2025

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17 May 2025

• curprev 16:1916:19, 17 May 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 149,424 bytes −15 →Rasterization: replace "sub-pixel" with "supersampling" (subpixel rendering article is about ClearType, etc., which is a separate topic) undo

16 May 2025

• curprev 18:4418:44, 16 May 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 149,439 bytes −19 fix possibly inaccurate statement about the rendering equation undo

10 May 2025

• curprev 17:0517:05, 10 May 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 149,458 bytes +16 →3D geometry: change "reflectance" to "roughness" as example of surface property ("reflectance" may be ambiguous or too similar to albedo) undo

8 May 2025

• curprev 13:5013:50, 8 May 2025 DislekzticBoi talk contribs 149,442 bytes +13 Fixed link undo Tag: Visual edit

7 May 2025

• curprev 03:2803:28, 7 May 2025 Rsjaffe talk contribs m 149,429 bytes −176 clean up, typo(s) fixed: However → However, (2) undo Tag: AWB

26 February 2025

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• curprev 03:5003:50, 26 February 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 149,726 bytes −6 →Techniques: Copy edit ("image plane" is unnecessarily confusing and might not make sense in this context) undo

17 February 2025

• curprev 04:5504:55, 17 February 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs m 149,732 bytes +4 →Photorealistic rendering: copy edit undo

15 February 2025

• curprev 06:3606:36, 15 February 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 149,728 bytes +490 →Outputs: Mention the term "Arbitrary Output Variables" undo

12 February 2025

• curprev 20:4320:43, 12 February 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 149,238 bytes +235 →Chronology of algorithms and techniques: Add some author-links to the references undo
• curprev 02:2002:20, 12 February 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 149,003 bytes +478 →Chronology of algorithms and techniques: Add references to the Pixar RenderMan documentation for some newer techniques that are discussed there undo

11 February 2025

• curprev 22:1622:16, 11 February 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 148,525 bytes +1,734 →Chronology of algorithms and techniques: Add entries for "Irradiance caching", "Radiance caching", and "Manifold exploration" based on survey in the PBR book undo

10 February 2025

• curprev 07:1907:19, 10 February 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 146,791 bytes +3,874 →Chronology of algorithms and techniques: Add entries for some newer (but still old) variations of path tracing, based on the survey in the PBR book. Aiming to include major path tracing techniques that are implemented in pbrt and RenderMan, and ideas with frequently-mentioned names that were foundations for later research undo
• curprev 04:2004:20, 10 February 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs m 142,917 bytes −5 →Path tracing: copy edit undo
• curprev 04:1604:16, 10 February 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 142,922 bytes +193 →Path tracing: Brief mention of more recent research into bidirectional methods undo
• curprev 04:1104:11, 10 February 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 142,729 bytes +559 →References: Add reference to Physically Based Rendering 3rd ed. Ch. 16 because relevant content has not yet been added to the online version of the 4th ed. Make reference to a section in 4th ed. less specific so it can be reused. undo

9 February 2025

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4 February 2025

• curprev 00:5200:52, 4 February 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 142,141 bytes +160 →See also: More inclusive definition of "graphics library" undo

2 February 2025

• curprev 20:0020:00, 2 February 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 141,981 bytes +29 →See also: Add List of rendering APIs undo

1 February 2025

• curprev 21:3021:30, 1 February 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 141,952 bytes +75 →Chronology of algorithms and techniques: Add entry for CIE 1931 color space undo
• curprev 07:3307:33, 1 February 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs m 141,877 bytes +31 →Chronology of algorithms and techniques: add author link undo
• curprev 07:2707:27, 1 February 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs m 141,846 bytes +52 →Chronology of algorithms and techniques: fix redirects undo
• curprev 02:3802:38, 1 February 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 141,794 bytes +1,356 →See also: Updated and expanded list of links. Avoiding Template:Annotated link in most cases because it was unhelpful (summary was either too cryptic/vague or too obvious), but adding some glossary-style summaries. Removed some links for specific techniques and effects because they seemed arbitrarily chosen (preceding Chronology section has many anyway; List of computer graphics and descriptive geometry topics and Glossary of computer graphics have many more). undo

30 January 2025

• curprev 22:2322:23, 30 January 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 140,438 bytes −17 →Other styles of 3D rendering: copy edit, clarify/simplify undo

19 January 2025

• curprev 11:0111:01, 19 January 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 140,455 bytes +45 →Neural rendering: move "expand" template to start of section, and add "update" template undo

18 January 2025

• curprev 20:4920:49, 18 January 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 140,410 bytes +48 →Radiosity: mention more technical term "diffuse interreflection" undo

17 January 2025

• curprev 21:2021:20, 17 January 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 140,362 bytes −446 →References: add url for pdf of "Radiosity and Realistic Image Synthesis" (CC BY 4.0), and remove unused reference undo
• curprev 02:1302:13, 17 January 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 140,808 bytes +3,343 →Features: Expand section, with subsections for photorealistic rendering and other styles. Use shorter bullet list while still covering nearly all points from original list (diffraction is omitted because it is uncommon in rendering, but light wave effects are mentioned in general). undo
• curprev 01:5901:59, 17 January 2025 KaiaVintr talk contribs 137,465 bytes +3,571 →References: add references for Features section expansion undo

6 January 2025

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29 December 2024

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20 December 2024

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18 December 2024

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17 December 2024

• curprev 18:2718:27, 17 December 2024 KaiaVintr talk contribs 133,890 bytes +508 →Chronology of algorithms and techniques: for Radiosity entry, add reference to the Nishita and Nakamae paper (with date/explanation) because this team is usually given credit (along with Goral et al.) for inventing the technique undo

9 December 2024

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7 December 2024

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6 December 2024

• curprev 23:2923:29, 6 December 2024 KaiaVintr talk contribs m 133,357 bytes +73 →Chronology of algorithms and techniques: add anchor for old section heading that was still used by a link ("Chronology of important published ideas") undo

5 December 2024

• curprev 03:5203:52, 5 December 2024 KaiaVintr talk contribs 133,284 bytes +82 →Rasterization: update image caption to avoid implying it was rendered using rasterization (which is uncertain). Given the date, and the slightly unrealistic global illumination, it seems likely that it used radiosity (with either rasterization or ray tracing) but there is a chance path tracing was used. The vehicles and background look like photos that were composited. It would make sense to replace it with a purely rasterized image. undo

4 December 2024

• curprev 23:1023:10, 4 December 2024 KaiaVintr talk contribs 133,202 bytes +441 →Chronology of algorithms and techniques: add "Torrance-Sparrow reflectance model" to chronology undo
• curprev 04:0904:09, 4 December 2024 KaiaVintr talk contribs 132,761 bytes −37 remove "3D rendering" from Template:About because it implied that this article does not cover 3D rendering. Appropriate links are provided to 3D rendering within the article. undo
• curprev 03:5303:53, 4 December 2024 KaiaVintr talk contribs 132,798 bytes −36 change Template:Redirect-distinguish-for to Template:Redirect-distinguish because the target of the "for" link no longer mentions "Image synthesis" undo
• curprev 03:2003:20, 4 December 2024 KaiaVintr talk contribs 132,834 bytes +52 remove the "Render Types.png" image because it took up a large amount of space and did not reflect the article content well (showed multiple styles of low-quality NPR rendering). Add an architectural visualization image that also shows multiple styles (but higher quality, with obvious application). Change caption of POV-Ray image to use word "render". Article thumbnail should be unchanged (POV-Ray image was already used for thumbnail, likely due to dimensions of other image). undo
• curprev 02:1802:18, 4 December 2024 KaiaVintr talk contribs 132,782 bytes +4 Remove Template:More citations needed from article, and add Template:Unreferenced section to "Scientific and mathematical basis" section. undo
• curprev 02:0102:01, 4 December 2024 KaiaVintr talk contribs m 132,778 bytes −15 fix reference undo
• curprev 01:5801:58, 4 December 2024 KaiaVintr talk contribs 132,793 bytes +2,024 Rework and update the lead section, reflecting changes in the field (current dominance of path-tracing, rise of neural networks). Clarify definitions of terms, with citations where necessary. Much of the previous lead text was either overly-specific (too much detail for lead section, or only narrowly applicable) or too vague (adding to word count while adding little information) hence needed to be replaced. undo

24 November 2024

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