1. Procedural Textures

2. Software Authoring Tools for Texture Creators
DartkTree:
Texture Maker: …
Shader Plugins/Scripts for rendering software
3D Studio
trueSpace custom shaders
Shading Languages
for software: Renderman Shading Language (BMRT)
for hardware: 3D API languages (DirectX / OpenGL)
for middleware: CG

3. Texture Synthesis Methods
Any raster procedural modeling technique
Explicit functions
Fractals (e.g. clouds)
Noises, Turbulences
Reaction Diffusion …

4. Texture Synthesis Example: Nearest Neighbor
Randomly distribute n points
Visualize distance to the nearest neighbor
Result = Voronoi Noise

5. Nearest Neighbor Modifications
Generalization: i-th closest point visualization
3rd nearest neighbor

6. Sum of Distances
1st nearest plus 2nd nearest neighbor

7. Difference of Distances
2nd nearest minus 1st nearest neighbor

8. Farthest Neighbor
nearest plus farthest neighbor

9. Combination of Nearest & Farthest
3rd nearest plus 3rd farthest neighbor

10. 3D Textures: Hypertexture
Perlin 1989
3D density function d(x)  0,1
Fuzzy objects
clouds
hair, fur
gas, smoke, fire
Complex objects
Cloth
minerals
Using noise function

11. Hypertexture Solids

12. Perlin’s Solids

17. Fuzzy Hypertextures

18. Smoke Hypertexture

19. Fire Hypertexture

20. Fur Hypertexture

21. Cloth Hypertexture