Welcome to Grafica Obscura, my computer graphics notebook.
This is a compilation of technical notes, pictures, essays and complete
junk that I've accumulated over the years. For maximum enjoyment,
check the viewing notes provided.
Contents
- A Paper Folding Project
- Here are step by step instructions on how to make a
folded paper sculpture.
- Japanese English Advertising Slogans
- Beautiful and poetic word combinations from Japan.
- A Gallery of Pictures
- A collection of digital pictures. This includes
photographic and synthetic images.
- Synthetic Lighting for Photography
- Modifying photographic lighting as a post process.
- A Note on Shadows
- A quote from Carlos Casteneda about shadows.
- Dynadraw
- A paint program that uses dynamics to filter mouse positions.
- The SGI Typeface Collection
- Here's a booklet showing various typefaces designed at SGI over the
last few years.
- Futurist Programming Overview
- Background on the Futurist Programming movement. For open minds only.
- A Multifocus Method
for Controlling Depth of Field
- This technical note describes a technique for combining several images to
increase or control depth of field in photography.
- Properties of Light
- A note on the properties of various kinds of light. This
describes lighting in terms of fall off, diffusion and wrap.
- Image Merging
- Creating an accurate panorama from a series of independent
images is hard, but not impossible using a projective warp.
- Image Interpolation and Extrapolation
- Linear interpolation can be used to implement many
image processing operations efficiently. Here we show how
to control contrast, color saturation, and image sharpness.
- Texture Mapping Applications
- Many unusual uses for texture mapping are surveyed in this technical paper.
- Image Production for Mosaic
- Tools and hints for creating images for HTML documents.
Future Additions
Watch for more insane stuff coming in the future.
In the mean time please have a look around.
This is a publication of GRAFICA Obscura.
paul@sgi.com