csobaistvan / OpenLensFlare

Official repository for the OpenLensFlare framework.

OpenLensFlare: an Open-Source, Lens Flare Designing and Rendering Framework

Official repository for the OpenLensFlare framework.

Building

CMake build files are provided for both the editor and runtime components.

Required third-party libraries

• Qt 5 (LensPlanner)
• GLEW (LensPlanner, runtime)
• glm (LensPlanner, runtime)

Main limitations

- Only optical systems with one iris are supported.
- Only ghosts that cross an aperture once can be simulated.
- Only ghosts that are reflected twice are supported.

Screenshots

The LensPlanner editor component in action.

An example simulation generated using the OpenLensFlare runtime library in an external framework.

Related publication & citation

• OpenLensFlare: an Open-Source, Lens Flare Designing and Rendering Framework

If you find the framework useful, I kindly ask that you cite the paper as follows:

@inproceedings{coba2017openlensflare,
  author       = {Csoba, István},
  title        = {{OpenLensFlare: an Open-Source, Lens Flare Designing and Rendering Framework}},
  booktitle    = {WSCG 2017},
  booksubtitle = {Short Papers Proceedings},
  editor       = {Skala, Vaclav},
  year         = {2017},
  month        = {06},
  pages        = {195--203},
  series       = {Computer Science Research Notes},
  vol          = {2702},
  location     = {Plzeň, Czech Republic},
  organization = {Vaclav Skala--UNION Agency},
  isbn         = {978-8-086-94350-3}
}

License

This project is licensed under the BSD 2-clause License, see LICENSE for more information.