Layered weighted blended order-independent transparency

Fabian Friederichs*, Martin Eisemann, Elmar Eisemann

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Abstract

Our approach improves the accuracy of weighted blended orderindependent transparency, while remaining efficient and easy to implement. We extend the original algorithm to a layer-based approach, where the content of each layer is blended independently before compositing them globally. Hereby, we achieve a partial ordering but avoid explicit sorting of all elements. To ensure smooth transitions across layers, we introduce a new weighting function. Additionally, we propose several optimizations and demonstrate the method's effectiveness on various challenging scenes in terms of geometric- and depth complexity. We achieve an error reduction more than an order of magnitude on average compared to weighted blended order-independent transparency for our test scenes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGraphics Interface 2021, Proceedings
EditorsManolis Savva, Ahmed Sabbir Arif
PublisherCanadian Information Processing Society
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9780994786869
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
EventGraphics Interface 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 27 May 202128 May 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings - Graphics Interface
Volume2021-May
ISSN (Print)0713-5424

Conference

ConferenceGraphics Interface 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period27/05/2128/05/21

Keywords

  • Computer graphics
  • Computing methodologies
  • Rasterization
  • Rendering

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