CS 5620/6620 - Fall 2025 - Rendering with Ray Tracing

Project 12 - Photon Mapping

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Conner Murray

Tue, Nov 18, 2025 @ 2:55 pm

Final gathering implemented. Found some stray constants as well.Dont ask how long this render took.

Sun, Nov 16, 2025 @ 6:58 pm

Indirect only

Sun, Nov 16, 2025 @ 6:42 pm

Photon map for indirect and direct illumination.

Sun, Nov 16, 2025 @ 6:33 pm

Photon and caustics maps used for indirect. 1.5 radius, 500 max search photons. 1 million photons for each map. 8-64 samples at 0.01 error: 3min12sec.

Sun, Nov 16, 2025 @ 2:47 pm

Refactored photon power and rendered direct illumination. Looking much more correct.