Date of Award
5-2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art
Committee Member
Dr. Jerry Tessendorf, Committee Chair
Committee Member
Tony Penna
Committee Member
Dr. Brian Malloy
Abstract
This thesis presents Cackle, a GPU accelerated path tracer for rendering 3D fractals. It is comprised of a GLSL viewer for real-time visualization and a series of CUDA kernels for offline rendering. Cackle supports both point lights and environment lights for lighting. A Cook-Torrance shading model was implemented for materials. The results are demonstrated with a series of renders and a discussion on artistic scene selection and lighting.
Recommended Citation
Shore, Zachary, "Rendering 3D Fractals" (2018). All Theses. 2879.
https://open.clemson.edu/all_theses/2879
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