OpenGL - PBR (physically based rendering)

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[@Mcs1v]

Another well detailed rendering tutorial, nice job! ;)

[@ashwanishahrawat4607]

Thanks for the explanation the shading, technique and the code.

[@doriancorr]

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[@Vagelis_Prokopiou]

Thanks for the videos Brian. Really informative.

[@NrNi9e]

Very good explanation, thanks!

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I wish I could give more thumbs ups, thanks for this great explanation

[@DasAntiNaziBroetchen]

"Finnell effect" I am dying

[@user-yc9xk7yw3g]

If i'm not mistaken, the division by PI in the diffuse component and division by 4 * NdotL * NdotV is the normalization factor for keeping our NDF normalized (equal to 1)

[@stephenkamenar]

finally. i always wondered what pbr was. was it gpu hardware, a specific shader, or just a loose guide for standardizing material properties

[@beaumanVienna]

5:50 k is a function of alpha, (alpha+1)^2/8 for a direct light source and alpha^2/2 for image-based lighting Regarding the term GGX, this is so funny, it cracks me up every time I see it. Nobody knows what it means. As in not a single person on earth. My theory: the guy who invented it was drunk and wrote it down. The next morning, he couldn't remember anything but still sent the paper to Disney. That's what happened.

[@beaumanVienna]

The line kD = 1.0 - metallic threw me off at first, but maybe now I understand. So kD+kS=1 is for dielectrics, however, conductors have also some kind of a grounding term (e.g. kD+kS+kConductiveGrounding=1)?

[@GeorgeTsiros]

4:18 how can the sphere reflect light from a point of its surface that is not even exposed to light? images for α 0.1, 0.3 and 0.5 i can accept, but 0.8 and 1.0 must be incorrect?

[@aussieexpat]

Pbr is so hot right now.

[@Antagon666]

What boggles my mind: is not a N dot V always negative ? Since N points outwards of object and V inwards, so the angle is always greater than 90° isn't it ?

[@baileyharrison1030]

Confuses me too. Though I’ve noticed most shaders calculate the view vector as pointing away from the fragment instead of towards.

[@thehambone1454]

How would PBR work for one directional light, this is for just point lights, correct?

[@baileyharrison1030]

Use the directional light direction vector directly as the light vector. Ie, don’t subtract it from the fragment position

[@yep9620]

Based you say?

[@papercolor8259]

very 666

[@samuelrasquinha6712]

what the heck?

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