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CS 455 Lecture 19 – Shadows and Billboards

April 14, 2013 by Chris Johnson. Filed under cs455, lectures, spring 2013.

Before Class

Shadows

• Watch http://youtu.be/KoYuYdnwHFY.
• Read chapter 7, stopping before Anti-aliasing Shadow Edges with PCF, pp. 235-247.

Impostors and Billboards

• Watch http://youtu.be/ADoHAg3lRIc.
• Watch http://youtu.be/aRbsBc7pI18.
• For another perspective, read http://www.flipcode.com/archives/Billboarding-Excerpt_From_iReal-Time_Renderingi_2E.shtml or http://nehe.gamedev.net/article/billboarding_how_to/18011/.

In Class

• Please work on your homework features.