The rendering of shadows in OpenGL - true or false?
A is integrated in the library and can be enabled with a single command.
B requires multiple rendering passes and a shadow map.
C uses a depth map created by rendering the scene from the light source position.
D uses ray-tracing and triangle-to-viewing-ray intersection
E is most efficient for static scene parts, if shadows are part of a texture
ok, i havent gotten that far in my SuperBible, so i am not aware of shadows yet, but i would love to be pre-prepared on this one
Help is super appreciated!
thanks!
Firsst of all do not create separate thread for each set of questions. Keep it all in one thread.
A - False
B - False, but answer True (I assume that person who wrote this test forgot about shadow volumes, which require multiple passes but do not require shadow map)
C - False, but answer true for the same reason as above.
D - False (but of course one could try doing it this way)
E - True, although putting shadows into textures is in conflict with other, even basic techniques (specular lighting for exampe).
Thank you for the answers!
As i havent gotten to the pipeline yet, and still trying to caputer every matrix, i have some more questions:
What of these is part of the geometry stage in the Rendering Pipeline ?
A multiplication of the vertex coordinates with the projection matrix
B bilinear texture filtering
C multiplication of the vertex coordinates with the modelview matrix
D cube mapping
E lighting calculation for each pixel
A - True
B - False, but could be True if you do it yourself as vertex texture lookup.
C - True
D - False, but again could be True if you do this too as vertex texture lookup, at least if you do it manually.
E - False, however if you had small enough polygons it would technically be true.
But you should answer A and C if this question is anything like the previous one.
