A Comparison of Rendering Techniques for 3D Line Sets With Transparency

This article presents a comprehensive study of rendering techniques for 3D line sets with transparency. The rendering of transparent lines is widely used for visualizing trajectories of tracer particles in flow fields. Transparency is then used to fade out lines deemed unimportant, based on, for ins...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics. - 1996. - 27(2021), 8 vom: 24. Aug., Seite 3361-3376
1. Verfasser: Kern, Michael (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Neuhauser, Christoph, Maack, Torben, Han, Mengjiao, Usher, Will, Westermann, Rudiger
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2021
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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