Computer animation of clouds

Computer animation of outdoor scenes is enhanced by realistic clouds. I discuss several different modelling and rendering schemes for clouds, and show how they evolved in my animation work. These include transparency-textured clouds on a 2D plane, smooth shaded or textured 3D cloud surfaces, and 3D volume rendering. For the volume rendering, I present various illumination schemes, including the density emitter, single scattering, and multiple scattering models.<
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