Date of Award
12-2012
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Legacy Department
Digital Production Arts
Committee Chair/Advisor
Tessendorf, Jerry
Committee Member
House, Donald
Committee Member
Davis, Timothy
Abstract
This thesis covers the implementation and use of a node based volume modeling and ren- dering toolkit for python. The first part of the thesis covers the code structure of the toolkit, the implementation of the nodes, and how they are evaluated. Operator graphs are built from nodes to create and shape volumes. During volume rendering these graphs are evaluated for the density and color values. The second part of the thesis covers how the toolkit was used to create and render volumetric effects by emulating an effect seen in a movie. The animation of the effect, the use of the toolkit and compositing the effect are all discussed.
Recommended Citation
Kern, Robert, "A Node Based Volume Modeling and Rendering Toolkit for Python" (2012). All Theses. 1521.
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/1521