Awesome-BRDF List of awesome papers on BRDF Table of contents BRDF Representation BRDF Representation Year Pub Name Paper Reciprocity Energy Cons. 1720 Eberhard Klett Lambert Photometria sive de mensura et gradibus luminis, colorum et umbrae 1975 CACM Phong Illumination for computer generated pictures 1977 SIGGRAPH Blinn-Phong Models of light reflection for computer synthesized pictures 1982 TOG Cook-Torrance A Reflectance Model for Computer Graphics ✓ 1991 SIGGRAPH He A comprehensive physical model for light reflection ✓ ✓ 1992 SIGGRAPH Ward Measuring and modeling anisotropic reflection ✓ 1994 SIGGRAPH Oren-Nayar Generalization of Lambert's reflectance model ✓ ✓ 1997 SIGGRAPH Lafortune Non-Linear Approximation of Reflectance Functions ✓ ✓ 1999 CGF Neumann Compact Metallic Reflectance Models ✓ ✓ 2000 JGT Ashikhmin-Shirley An anisotropic phong BRDF model 2001 CGF Ershov Rendering pearlescent appearance based on paint-composition modelling ✓ 2006 TOG Edwards The halfway vector disk for brdf modeling ✓ 2007 - Ashikhmin-Premoze Distribution-based brdfs ✓ ✓ 2007 EGSR Walter(GGX) Microfacet Models for Refraction through Rough Surfaces ✓ ✓ 2008 GRAPHITE Weidlich and Wilkie Arbitrarily Layered Micro-Facet Surfaces ✓ ✓ 2010 SIGGRAPH Kurt An anisotropic brdf model for fitting and monte carlo rendering ✓ ✓ 2012 CGF Bagher Accurate fitting of measured reflectances using a Shifted Gamma micro-facet distribution ✓ 2012 TOG Lōw Brdf models for accurate and efficient rendering of glossy surfaces ✓ 2014 TOG Brady genBRDF: discovering new analytic BRDFs with genetic programming ✓ 2014 TOG Jakob Discrete stochastic microfacet models Fresnel Term Name Year Pub Paper Reciprocity Energy Cons. Lambert 1720 Eberhard Klett Photometria sive de mensura et gradibus luminis, colorum et umbrae Phong 1975 CACM Illumination for computer generated pictures Blinn-Phong 1977 SIGGRAPH Models of light reflection for computer synthesized pictures Cook-Torrance 1977 SIGGRAPH A Reflectance Model for Computer Graphics ✓ He 1991 SIGGRAPH A comprehensive physical model for light reflection ✓ ✓ Ward 1992 SIGGRAPH Measuring and modeling anisotropic reflection ✓ Oren-Nayar 1994 SIGGRAPH Generalization of Lambert's reflectance model ✓ ✓ Lafortune 1997 SIGGRAPH Non-Linear Approximation of Reflectance Functions ✓ ✓ Neumann 1999 CGF Compact Metallic Reflectance Models ✓ ✓ Ashikhmin-Shirley 2000 JGT An anisotropic phong BRDF model Ershov 2001 CGF Rendering pearlescent appearance based on paint-composition modelling ✓ Edwards 2006 TOG The halfway vector disk for brdf modeling ✓ Ashikhmin-Premoze 2007 - Distribution-based brdfs ✓ ✓ Walter(GGX) 2007 EGSR Microfacet Models for Refraction through Rough Surfaces ✓ ✓ Weidlich and Wilkie 2008 GRAPHITE Arbitrarily Layered Micro-Facet Surfaces ✓ ✓ Kurt 2010 SIGGRAPH An anisotropic brdf model for fitting and monte carlo rendering ✓ ✓ Bagher 2012 CGF Accurate fitting of measured reflectances using a Shifted Gamma micro-facet distribution ✓ Lōw 2012 TOG Brdf models for accurate and efficient rendering of glossy surfaces ✓ Brady 2014 TOG genBRDF: discovering new analytic BRDFs with genetic programming ✓ Jakob 2014 TOG Discrete stochastic microfacet models ✓